Quantifying the Driving Forces of Informal Urbanization in the Western Part of the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Region
This paper discusses the driving forces (DFs) of informal urbanization (IU) in the greater Cairo metropolitan region (GCMR) using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The IU patterns in the GCMR have been extremely influenced by seven DFs: geographical characteristics, availability of life faciliti...
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| description | This paper discusses the driving forces (DFs) of informal urbanization (IU) in the greater Cairo metropolitan region (GCMR) using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The IU patterns in the GCMR have been extremely influenced by seven DFs: geographical characteristics, availability of life facilities, economic incentives, land demand and supply, population increase, administrative function, and development plans. This research found that these forces vary significantly in how they influence urban growth in the three study sectors, namely, the middle, north, and south areas in the western part of the GCMR. The forces with the highest influence were economic incentives in the middle sector, population increase in the north sector, and the administrative function in the south sector. Due to the lower availability of buildable land in the middle sector, the land demand and supply force had a lesser influence in this sector compared to in the north and south sectors. The development plans force had medium influence in all sectors. The geographical characteristics force had little influence in both the middle and the north sectors, but higher influence than economic incentives, availability of life facilities, and development plans in the south sector. Because of the spatial variances in life facilities organizations in the GCMR, the life facilities availability force had little effect on IU in the south sector. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2de8c76ed1b140c79ccf1bff462be6172022-12-22T04:27:24ZengMDPI AGEnvironments2076-32982016-06-01321310.3390/environments3020013environments3020013Quantifying the Driving Forces of Informal Urbanization in the Western Part of the Greater Cairo Metropolitan RegionTaher Osman0Prasanna Divigalpitiya1Takafumi Arima2Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Kyushu University, Fukuoka-shi, Higashi-Ku, Hakomatsu 3-20-31, Hayashibiru 209, Fukuoka 812-0061, JapanGraduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, JapanDepartment of Urban Engineering, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, JapanThis paper discusses the driving forces (DFs) of informal urbanization (IU) in the greater Cairo metropolitan region (GCMR) using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The IU patterns in the GCMR have been extremely influenced by seven DFs: geographical characteristics, availability of life facilities, economic incentives, land demand and supply, population increase, administrative function, and development plans. This research found that these forces vary significantly in how they influence urban growth in the three study sectors, namely, the middle, north, and south areas in the western part of the GCMR. The forces with the highest influence were economic incentives in the middle sector, population increase in the north sector, and the administrative function in the south sector. Due to the lower availability of buildable land in the middle sector, the land demand and supply force had a lesser influence in this sector compared to in the north and south sectors. The development plans force had medium influence in all sectors. The geographical characteristics force had little influence in both the middle and the north sectors, but higher influence than economic incentives, availability of life facilities, and development plans in the south sector. Because of the spatial variances in life facilities organizations in the GCMR, the life facilities availability force had little effect on IU in the south sector.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/3/2/13informal urbanizationAHPdriving forcesslumsurban developmentEgypt |
| spellingShingle | Taher Osman Prasanna Divigalpitiya Takafumi Arima Quantifying the Driving Forces of Informal Urbanization in the Western Part of the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Region Environments informal urbanization AHP driving forces slums urban development Egypt |
| title | Quantifying the Driving Forces of Informal Urbanization in the Western Part of the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Region |
| title_full | Quantifying the Driving Forces of Informal Urbanization in the Western Part of the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Region |
| title_fullStr | Quantifying the Driving Forces of Informal Urbanization in the Western Part of the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantifying the Driving Forces of Informal Urbanization in the Western Part of the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Region |
| title_short | Quantifying the Driving Forces of Informal Urbanization in the Western Part of the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Region |
| title_sort | quantifying the driving forces of informal urbanization in the western part of the greater cairo metropolitan region |
| topic | informal urbanization AHP driving forces slums urban development Egypt |
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