Super Highway development in the Sahara.
The article here links into section 3 of arid environments 'the ways in which arid environments provide economic opportunities, such as resource extraction and recreation and tourism', it shows an economic opportunity in the Sahara a project has been proposed to introduce a 'super-highway' through the desert, the project would provide numerous opportunities in 'the development of new communities, agriculture, industry, trade and tourism around a 2,000 km strip of the Western Desert.' The superhighway will not only allow transport to occur throughout this inhabited area, but it will also reduce urban encroachment within the Nile Delta, which is needed for it's rare agricultural opportunities. It also has social benefits within the development potential of new school, training centers, as well as industrial sectors and areas yet to be utilized for tourism. These ventures will bring money into the area and create massive economic benefits. The area is located upon relatively fertile soils due to their groundwater supplies and this means that these soils can be exploited, and due to the flat open lands the use of solar and wind energy can be used here in the future, making Egypt's energy production more sustainable. According to the source 'it is difficult to think of any drawbacks from the environmental or socioeconomic points of view.' And the benefits are listed below:
• Ending urban encroachment on agricultural land in the Nile Valley
• Opening new land for desert reclamation and the production of food
• Establishing new areas for urban and industrial growth near large cities
• Creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs for Egyptian labour
• Arresting environmental deterioration throughout the Nile Valley
• Relieving the existing road network from heavy and dangerous transport
• Initiating new ventures in tourism and eco-tourism in the Western Desert
• Connecting the Toshka region and its projects with the rest of the country
• Creating a physical environment for economic projects by the private sector
• Involving the population at large in the development of the country
• Giving people, particularly the young, some hope for a better future
• Focusing people's energy on productive and everlasting things to do
This article shows the opportunities in both socio-economic due to the transport access and development, as well as within environmental due to the reduction in damage to the Nile valley land.
Ollie.
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