Redefining slums in Egypt: Unplanned versus unsafe areas

Habitat International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-49

  Khalifa, Marwa A ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ashwa'iyyat; Egypt; Informal Settlement Development Facility; Slums; Unplanned areas; Unsafe areas

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; URBAN AREA;

EGYPT;

EID: 77956936922     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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