Should Egypt Build a New Capital to Replace Cairo?

Reviewing the plausibility of replacing the thousand-year-old capital of Cairo with a new, master planner, $45 billion capital city.

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June 18, 2015, 7:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell

Egypt made news in March when it announced a proposal for a new $45 billion project to create the country's new capital city—displacing Cairo, which has held that position for over a millennium. The city would be the largest planned city in history, with a master plan by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP.

The article goes on to add some reasons to pause before rushing headlong in to this epoch-changing project, including the affordability of the new project to current residents of Cairo and the question about the environmental sacrifices that will have to be made for the sake of conjuring such a large city from nothing in such a small amount of time.

FULL STORY: Egypt’s New Capital Will be the Largest Planned City in History. But is it Possible?

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