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- Title
Characteristics of Slum Residents in Egypt and Their Critical Existing Problems.
- Authors
Abdel-Rahman, Suzan; Khater, Elsayed; Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Naguib
- Abstract
This study provides rich insights into the context wherein slum dwellers live, using data collected randomly from three slum areas in Giza governorate, Egypt. Contrary to popular opinions and prevailing beliefs that slums are homogeneous residential entities, this study demonstrates that the surveyed slums are heterogeneous as the households' characteristics and environmental and living conditions differ. The data also reveal that the three slums are remarkably different in terms of health, education, and employment outcomes. Meanwhile, slum residents face common challenges such as the lack of health, educational, social, and security services, and exhibit high levels of dissatisfaction with the provided services. However, most slum households are connected to public drainage sewers, water pipe systems, and electricity lines, and they complain about the lack of continuity and the poor quality of services. Drug abuse, insecurity, and violence are considered the biggest problems faced by the slum dwellers, coinciding with poverty and low incomes. Slums infested with crime and deviant behavior entail deliberate state intervention to improve their security conditions. Policymakers, development partners, planners, and other stakeholders aiming to improve the living conditions of slum dwellers should account for these challenges.
- Subjects
EGYPT; JIZAH (Egypt); SLUMS; DEVIANT behavior; DRUG abuse; INTERVENTION (Federal government); QUALITY of service; CITY dwellers
- Publication
Urban Forum, 2023, Vol 34, Issue 1, p99
- ISSN
1015-3802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12132-022-09470-y