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The Toshka Project: Colossal Water Infrastructures, Biopolitics and Territory in Egypt
Author(s) -
MalterreBarthes Charlotte
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2074
Subject(s) - biopower , context (archaeology) , geography , population , agriculture , desert (philosophy) , civil engineering , irrigation , environmental planning , economy , engineering , political science , archaeology , sociology , law , politics , ecology , economics , demography , biology
Incorporating the world's largest ever pumping station, the Toshka Project sets out to make a vast area of Egypt's Western Desert suitable for agriculture, industry and habitation, both assisting national food security and relieving pressure on cities to accommodate a growing population. Architect and urban designer Charlotte Malterre‐Barthes evaluates the project and sets it in the context of a long line of ambitious territorial transformation and irrigation schemes centred around the Nile.