Suitability of Green City Criteria (LEED) According to the Egyptian Special Environmental Characteristics

Abstract

The research aims to suit the criteria for classifying green cities according to the characteristics of the Egyptian environmental zones to select the most relevant zone for sustainable green cities. The Egyptian cities consume large quantities of materials, energy, and water causing different problems facing cities and their population. The criteria of sustainable green cities should be done according to the various characteristics of environmental zones in Egypt. The leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) criteria for the Egyptian cities and communities’ system is selected according to the characteristics of environmental zones in Egypt, aiming to select the most relevant zones to construct sustainable green cities. According to the ecological, geographical, economic, political, social, historical, urban, and cultural characteristics of environmental zones that are different from one zone to another in Egypt, the influencing factors in the classification criteria are introduced to show the incentives, capabilities, and challenges facing cities in making green and sustainable transformation by using weighited overlay model in Arc GIS. By using the suitability scoring system, the most suitable environmental zone, namely the dry coastal zone, has the motivation and ability to transform the city into a green and sustainable city according to its particular environmental characteristics.