- New Urban Communities Authority was established according to law 59/1979 .

Objective :

• Creation of new civilized centers for achieving community stability and economic prosperity .
• Redistribution of inhabitants far from the narrow stripe of the Nile valley .
• Development of new attraction areas beyond the existing cities and villages .
  Extension of urban spines  to the desert and remote areas.
• Curbing the urban infringement upon agricultural areas .

Achieving the gools of urban development strategy.

• New cities planning and development was based upon the latest planning techniques .
• Land sale rates were for the actual cost of basic utilities so as to be a nucleus for investment attraction .Various privileges were granted for the investor ( custom & tax exemption ) .
• NUCA's primary goal was the provision of housing units for low income segments –healthy , appropriate and in good environment , convenient for his economic and community conditions ( Mobarak and Future Housing Projects ).
  For subsidizing low income people,NUCa launched various housing projects , in compliance with different conditions and facilities.
   
• For realizing the urban development strategy goals , the Ministry prepared the development map of ARE till 2017 ,where the optimum locations were highlighted for the development of the new urban communities and their priorities through new development spines , where number of new communities (44urban agglomerations) are to be established with diverse economic bases according to the physical and economic capabilities of each respective area ,where job opportunities are generated .

The new cities are divided into three generations prioritized by their establishment dates :-

• First Generation cities : 10th of Ramadan -15th of May -6th of October – Sadat – New Borg El Arab – New Salhiya- New Damietta .
• Second Generation cities : Bader – Obour – New Ban Sweif – New Minya-New Nubaryia – Sheikh Zaied .
• Third Generation : Shrouk – New Cairo-New Assuit – New Tiba – New Sohag – New Aswan – New Kena-New Fayoum – New Akhmeim . .