Green recovery and sustainable reconstruction policies to deal with slums in Egypt Case Study: Izbet Khairallah

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Environmental Planning Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning- Cairo University

Abstract

Slums considered one of the global problems that represent a threat to the urban environment and its surroundings. The world has been interested in searching for solutions and methods to address these problems and negatives and limit their various effects. Therefore, it is became important to  apply new concepts that include sustainable policies for reconstruction using green methods in Egypt as well as in other regions in the world. In the current study, the analytical inductive theoretical method was applied on a slum area in Egypt, Izbet Khairallah. The obtained results of this study indicated how to employ green restoration policies and sustainable reconstruction in urban areas of Egypt in order to face the problems of slums to avoid environmental degradation and promoting the optimal use of natural resources in a more efficient manner. Also, these results indicated the importance of the environmental and urban responsibility to achieve the goal of improving the quality of life for society.

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