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Cairo’s Slums: A Ticking Time Bomb



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Abdul-Wahab El-Kadi

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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2014.08.007

College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, Cairo 11311, Egypt

Despite being one of the symbols of civilization throughout human history, Greater Cairo has many slum areas, hosting a population of three million people living in deteriorating conditions and lacking the basic human necessities. These slums represent a fertile environment for diseases caused by pollution in all its forms and are subject to crimes, rape and theft. There is a huge difference in the state of conditions when comparing the formally planned areas to the informally planned ones. People living in the formally planned settlements, like Nasr City, and in informal ones, like Ezbet El-Haggana, are similar to the kings and queens and slaves of legends. This paper tries to find solutions to the problem of slums and random areas.

Cairos’ slums, Cairo’s informal settlements, reallocation of Cairos’ slums, development of Egypt’s corridor.