M.Sc Student | Elias Wafa |
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Subject | Effects of Bypasses on Urban Development, Majd-Alkroom - A Case Study |
Department | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Supervisors | Professor Shalom Hakkert |
Professor Pnina Plaut |
This study deals with the analysis of the influences of building a by-pass road on the development of a small town through the case-study analysis of Majd-Alkroom.
The study used a longitudinal study type approach , investigating changes that occurred over time in relation to the construction of the first bypass road in 1952 and the second bypass in 1996 .
The methodology adopted in the study includes :
Whereas the first bypass constricted land - use development for reasons described in the study and the road safety situations did not improve , the second bypass was associated with positive changes in most aspects. It appears that the bypass effects depended on a variety of variables including : the bypass's location , its distance from the town centre , the level of socio - economic development , approved land - use plan , planning policy , town size and traffic volumes .