Prioritization of development interventions in Egyptian slums through an urban appraisal index
- 11 June 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Urban Research & Practice
- Vol. 13 (1), 1-21
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2018.1481994
Abstract
The evident conflict in upgrading policies between several entities necessitates the crucial need to develop a reliable urban appraisal method to ensure successful interventions. The Egyptian initiative, aims at categorizing them into ‘unsafe’ versus ‘unplanned’ areas. Yet, it has ignored some basic socio-spatial and psychological quality of life indicators. Accordingly, the study aims at strengthening the local-level data collection through testing the reliability of the ‘ISDF’ index versus the two other sets of indicators statistically, by conducting an urban socio-economic survey on 30 different Ashwa’iyyat areas in Egypt.Keywords
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