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A Shelter Of Their Own

Informal Settlement Expansion In Greater Cairo And Government Responses

Overview

This paper describes why there has been a rapid growth of informal settlements in Cairo when there was an oversupply of formal housing, and why most new informal settlements develop on scarce agricultural land while large stretches of desert nearby remain mostly undeveloped. The paper also reviews the changes in the Egyptian government’s housing and land policies over the last 40 years, including attempts to upgrade informal settlement and to combine upgrading with the development of settlements for middle-income households

ISBN
Category Cairo history and architecture
Call number HD728796E32 B38 1998
Physical description 16 pages:24 cm.
Edition year 1998
Bibliographical references? No
Publisher name N/A
Publication year 1998
Place of publication N/A
Language English
Is series? No

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