Authors : Rania S. Shafik and Mariam A. Abouhadid
Abstract: The problem of slum areas in Egypt have been the interest of many scholar researches and most of these researches addressed the problem from the point of view of providing an affordable housing and rent control. Most of the proposed solutions were based on this aspect. However, none of these have proposed solutions to slum areas based on their types, categories and their urban pattern. The goal of this paper is to study the different categories of the slum areas in Cairo and to analyze their urban and social patterns. The aim is to use such analysis as a guideline in identifying the optimum solution for each type of slum area instead of proposing an unrealistic solution for the problematic of slum areas in Cairo in general. It highlights the importance of the collaboration between authorities and urban planners to benefit from the analysis in this study and understand the issue of slum areas in depth, so that an integrated analytical solution between all involved parties can be proposed to solve this issue.
Rania S. Shafik and Mariam A. Abouhadid, 2020. Analysis of the Urban Pattern of Slum Areas in Cairo. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 1021-1026.