Spatial Analysis for Major Commercial Complexes (Malls) in Cairo Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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1 Geography, women faculty, Ain Shams university, Cairo, Egypt

2 Professor of Human Geography Former Dean of Faculty of Arts Cairo University

3 Faculty of Women - Ain Shams University

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This study discussed spatial analysis for major commercial complexes (malls) in Cairo using geographic information systems, as it adopted 34 commercial complexes in 43 administrative divisions at Cairo city according to the 2017 census, excluding divisions of the new cities that were marked by wide-area and a small number of populations. This study has conducted some spatial analysis and distributions using ARC-GIS, e.g. nearest neighbor analysis, physical and virtual geographical location average, standard distance, directional distribution (standard ellipse), geographical proximity analysis, such as buffers analysis and allocation zones, and finally Kernal analysis of the density of major commercial areas. The study had concluded that the phenomenon is concentrated in three main areas, which are west and center of Cairo, due to the vicinity of the commercial center of Cairo as well as the Nile, the second area is at Nasr City and Heliopolis due to the rising incomes of consumers, and the last one is the newly-established eastern extensions in the city as it provides the necessary areas and proximity to high and middle-income consumers. This phenomenon has been absent from northern and southern districts of the city due to the lack of fundamental requisite to exist, the most important of which is the low income of consumers. The findings of this study revealed that there is randomness in the distributed image of major commercial complexes in the city.

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Buhūth
Volume 1, Issue 5
Social Sciences and Humanities
May 2021
Pages 221-261

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