Over 1 billion people currently live in slums, with the number of slum dwellers only expected
to grow in the coming decades. The vast majority of slums are located in and around urban …

Rapid urbanization has led to the emergence of slums in many developing and
industrialized nations. It degrades the quality of life and burdens the urban amenities …

The issue of informal settlements represents a key challenge not only in Egypt, but also
worldwide. A review of informal settlements upgrading policies shows that governments …

Informal urbanism has been generally studied within social, economic and political
frameworks, yet little is known of how it performs in terms of urban vitality. The aim of this …

Informal settlements constitute a prominent form of urbanization across the world. The rapid
growth of Yazd presents an example of informal urbanization in Iran at the nexus of …

Slums are densely populated areas developed without proper physical planning and where
the majority of people live without basic life essentials. They pose major challenges in …

Increasing urbanisation and the proliferation of slums require a holistic understanding of the
urban metabolism of cities. However, existing urban metabolic analyses exclude a detailed …

Urban regeneration has emerged as a tool for (re) planning of cities and towns around the
world. It has over the years been applied in correcting urban dysfunctionalities such us …

Temporal change detection of informal settlement was conducted using geographic
information system and remote sensing in order to evaluate the land use land cover change …

This paper aims to evaluate stakeholders' views on the potential role that slum tourism and
its associated products can play in enhancing living conditions in slums in Egypt. Empirical …