REHABILITATION OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS THROUGH SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYEMENT OF LANDSCAPE IN URBAN OPEN SPACES

Abstract

Due to the crowdedness of cities lately, the care for the .residential open spaces decreases although these spaces are considered a respiratory for residents and a place for many social interactions. The landscape is considered one of the important elements in designing of open space, so it was imperative to study it through proper scientific bases and design it according to the standard rates which depend on various kinds of spaces and their users. Based on this the study came to focus on the considerations and the criteria of landscape designing and employment as there are many deficiencies in most cases of open spaces and to try to avoid them in the future. Also, residential open spaces in new communities will be studied as they are a characteristic of these residential areas. The research structure is as follows:

Chapter one: Urban renewal capabilities of residential areas

This chapter starts with a study of greater Cairo main problems due to the great population growth which leads in turn to, population density increase, squatter settlements spread, and utility services supply lack leading to deterioration of many residential neighborhoods into blights and slums. This status requires the interference of urban renewal tools; as conservation in areas with few deficiencies to prevent them turning into blights, rehabilitation to put existing areas of development back into a worthwhile state and redevelopment to demolish "slum" and construct standard quality housing. The study goes on to show why rehabilitation is preferred to redevelopment in treating the problems of residential areas. As redevelopment reduces housing stock and it has a long lag between demolition and new construction process which leads to dissatisfaction of residents, while rehabilitation avoids the decline in housing stock and preserves the community structure (no relocation),; beside that redevelopment costs much more than rehabilitation.