How poverty is underestimated in Greater Cairo, Egypt

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 523-541

  Sabry, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cairo; Egypt; informal areas; poverty lines; poverty measurement; slums; urban poverty

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY DETERMINANT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SYSTEM;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

EID: 78049469737     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247810379823     Document Type: Article

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