280218_Luxor-Egypt SECAP Final_revised

a. Building activities close to monuments b. Visual Pollution
3. Problems and Problem Indication
Image 4: Physical problems
Figure 1 represents conflict/ pressure contributing to the unbalanced urban development and other activities,
mainly agricultural development vs. heritage sites, which is the chronic cause responsible for the current
situation. Such an unbalanced situation should rather be smoothed. Instead of cantonised archaeological,
urban and agricultural spots, Al-Qurna's different characteristic components (urban, agricultural and
archaeological and heritage sites) should be harmonised and in balance.
To realise the above thought harmonised state, it is essential to pinpoint the hazards and risks applying the
above-mentioned SECAP sectorial analysis.
However, as explored in the previous section – 2.4, a wider exploratory investigation is needed, taking on
board the strategic urban development (SUD) analysis as well as heritage site management (HSM) analysis.
These three types of analyses should be integrated together for a more profound investigation to define the
most efficient interventions and actions to mitigate the current status.
Figure 2 shows the adopted three types of analyses: SECAP, SUD and HSM to overlap and define the core,
prioritised interventions.
SECAP
Most efficient
activities/
projects
Figure 2: Towards a well-balanced environment in the West Bank of Luxor
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