Housing Projects for Low‐Income Groups and Modes of Economic Integration
A Comparative Study in G reater C airo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10832592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Doaa Abouelmagd (0000-0002-8370-5705, Architecture department, Faculty of Fine Arts Helwan University Egypt, corresponding author), Christian Kesteloot (0000-0002-4305-096X, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Leuven Belgium), Eric Corijn (Cosmopolis Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels Belgium) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 456-477 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-747X • E-ISSN: 1467-9663 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/tesg.12026 |
| OpenAlex | W1796767378 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
The housing of low‐income groups in G reater C airo has always been difficult. However, the general shortage in housing supply is contrasting with the low occupancy rate of newly constructed public housing units. In contrast, despite their bad living conditions, informal settlements have a high occupancy rate. In order to analyse the reasons behind this contradiction, the paper compares four neighbourhoods ranging from formal and semi‐informal to informal housing production and including one rehabilitation project. The livelihood conditions in each settlement are unravelled with the concept of modes of economic integration from P olanyi. For this purpose, semi‐structured interviews were conducted and analysed with correspondence analysis. The findings indicate a preference among low‐income groups for informal settlements because of three reasons: the advantages of geographical location, the nature of social networks and the strength of private redistribution systems, thus enabling an easier access to means of existence. The results and recommendations are further discussed in the paper
Agriculture · Business · Economic growth · Economic shortage · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Informal settlements · Livelihood · Microeconomics · Occupancy · Preference · Public economics · Public housing · Settlement (finance · Engineering · Finance · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2017 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |