Arab Republic of Egypt Urban Sector Note : Volume 2. Towards An Urban Sector Strategy

The objective of this paper is to present a succinct and up-to-date review of the urban sector in Egypt, with a focus on issues for which there is new insight or emerging government interest. The two main themes of the report are the challenges facing the urban sector and the policy implications at various levels of government. Some of the reports mains findings are: urbanization in Egypt takes on forms and processes which are not well understood and as a consequence urban policies are sometimes weak or counter productive; until now policies and actions in the urban sector have mainly consisted of State driven, supply-side interventions; due to the focus on development in the desert, the dynamics of urbanism in the Nile Valley and Delta, which together contain over 95 percent of the country's population, have largely been ignored; and finally it is rare that government of Egypt's urban development projects include a strategy of capturing the appreciation value of their investments ("unearned increment"), cross-subsidization or cost recovery. The note concludes with a set of recommendations of ways to improve the government's response to the urban challenge.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2008-06
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY, ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AIR, APARTMENT, APARTMENT BLOCKS, APARTMENT UNITS, ARTERIAL ROAD, ARTERIAL STREETS, ARTERIES, BETTERMENT TAX, BUS, BUS SYSTEM, BUSES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CARS, CITIES, CITY COUNCILS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, CONURBATION, DIESEL, DIESEL FUEL, HABITAT, HIGHWAY, HOUSING, HOUSING BENEFITS, HOUSING ESTATES, HOUSING MARKETS, HOUSING NEEDS, HOUSING UNITS, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE COST, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADING, INSTITUTIONAL REFORM, LAND DEVELOPMENT, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND MARKETS, LAND OWNER, LAND PRICES, LAND REFORM, LAND TITLING, LAND TRANSACTIONS, LAND USE, LAND VALUE, LANDOWNER, LANES, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL LEVEL, LOCAL OFFICIALS, LOCAL TRANSPORT, MASS TRANSIT, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT, MIDDLE EAST, MIDDLE EASTERN, MINI-BUS, MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MUNICIPALITIES, NEW TOWNS, NORTH AFRICA, PASSENGERS, PASSENGERS PER DAY, POLICE, POPULATION DENSITIES, PRIVATE CAPITAL, PRIVATE LANDS, PUBLIC, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS, RAIL, RAIL LINE, RAILWAYS, REAL ESTATE, REPAIR, RING ROAD, ROAD CONNECTIONS, ROADS, ROUTE, ROUTES, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SHELTER, SHOPPING MALLS, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, SPEEDS, SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS, STREET PARKING, STREETS, SUBDIVISIONS, SUBURBAN RAIL, TAX, TAXIS, TOWN PLANNING, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, TRANSPORTATION, TRUCKS, TRUE, URBAN, URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN COMMUNITIES, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN DWELLERS, URBAN ECONOMY, URBAN EXPANSION, URBAN FRINGE, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN HOUSING, URBAN HOUSING MARKETS, URBAN LAND, URBAN LIFE, URBAN MANAGEMENT, URBAN PLANNING, URBAN PLANS, URBAN POLICIES, URBAN POLICY, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POPULATION GROWTH, URBAN POVERTY, URBAN SECTOR, URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY, URBAN SERVICES, URBAN SETTLEMENTS, URBAN SPACE, URBAN SPRAWL, URBAN UPGRADING, URBAN ZONES, URBANIZATION, UTILITIES, VACANT LAND, VEHICLE, VEHICLES, VILLAGES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/9633452/egypt-urban-sector-update-vol-2-2-towards-urban-sector-strategy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19433
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