Quantifying the Driving Forces of Informal Urbanization in the Western Part of the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Region

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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Main Authors: Taher Osman, Prasanna Divigalpitiya, Takafumi Arima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-06-01
Series:Environments
Subjects:
informal urbanization
AHP
driving forces
slums
urban development
Egypt
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/3/2/13

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