TY  - JOUR
T1  - Analysis of the Urban Pattern of Slum Areas in Cairo
AU - Shafik, Rania S. AU - Abouhadid, Mariam A. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
SP  - 1021
EP  - 1026
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2020.1021.1026
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2020.1021.1026
KW  - Informal settlement
KW  -slum areas
KW  -urban studies
KW  -urban pattern
KW  -optimum solution
KW  -analytical solution
AB  - 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.
ER  -