A case study on Egypt's new paradigms of landscape design in an era of climate change and rapid urban growth Characterized by its dependence on the Nile and its constant agricultural transformations, Egypt is both one of the globe's oldest agrarian civilizations and one of the fastest-growing countries in the world today. As the country experiences rapid changes strongly influenced by increasing water and food scarcity, accelerated urbanization and the negative impacts of climate change, its current modernist, lifestyle-oriented landscape designs are in need of renovation and innovation. Landscaping Egypt focuses on the new and innovative landscape design models from local and international researchers and design professionals, with the goal of making these models and ideas more popular, aesthetically valuable and widely applicable. While the examples included focus on the primarily arid ecosystems of Egypt, this volume also offers multidisciplinary approaches and site-independent concepts and theories that could be applied to other environments and situations all around the world.

Preface /Laila ElMasry Stino -- Landscape Conditions -- Evolving Landscapes / Hanaa Nazer, Cornelia Redeker -- Landscaping practices - From Symbiosis to Commodification / Eman Farouk, Cornelia Redeker -- Timeline / Eman Farouk, Monique Jüttner, Cornelia Redeker -- Water -- Water Conditions in Egypt / Mohie El-Din Omar -- Designing for Global Water Challenges / Antje Stokman -- Learning From -- Al Azhar Park -- Khalifa Heritage and Environment Park -- Geziret El Dahab -- Desert Afforestation -- Wadi Agriculture -- Orchard Park -- Water-Sensitive Open Space Design -- Urban Microfarms -- Constructed Wetlands -- Aquaponic Farming -- Ten Medjool Date Palms -- Urbanization -- The Larger Scale - Urbanization, Agriculture, Land Reclamation / Kareem Ibrahim, Deena Khalil, Salwa Salman -- Revisited and Projected -- Ancient Gardens -- Islamic Gardens -- Desert Gardens -- Food -- Planning for Egypt's Food System and Heritage / Monique Jüttner, Hala N. Barakat, Undine Giseke -- Productive plants -- Doum Palm -- Date Palm -- Egyptian Sycamore -- Pomegranate -- Olive -- Banana -- Sweet Orange -- Grape -- Prickly Pear -- Moringa -- Papyrus -- Bamboo -- Reed -- Tamarisk -- Argoun Palm -- Weeping Fig -- Acacia ehrenbergiana -- Acacia nilotica -- Acacia tortilis subsp. raddiana