The Politics and Governance of Implementing Urban Expansion Policies in Egyptian Cities
Managing urban expansion is very critical to cities’ prosperity and sustainability, however very little is known about the factors that hinder the implementation of policies formulated to manage urban expansion. This research explore these factors in relation to three policies implemented by the Egy...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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Égypte/Monde arabe
2014
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| Online Zugang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Zusammenfassung: | Managing urban expansion is very critical to cities’ prosperity and sustainability, however very little is known about the factors that hinder the implementation of policies formulated to manage urban expansion. This research explore these factors in relation to three policies implemented by the Egyptian government, namely the application of: urban growth boundary, detailed planning in urban expansion areas, and betterment levy. The key methods used in the primary data collection were qualitative in nature. The research gives special emphasis to the impact of actors’ capacity, behavior, and modes of interaction at the different levels, as well as the role of formal and informal institutional set-up and wider policy setting on actors’ behavior and modes of interaction, especially after the 25th of January revolution. The research concluded that there are number of interlinked factors hindering the implementation of policies investigated, most importantly are the long standing history of centralization, weak coordination between relevant policies at the national level, weak organizational capacity at the local level, ambiguous and outdated legal framework, and lack of trust in local government elected members and appointed officials. The 25th of January revolution intensified the inability of government to implement the policies examined and escalated the lack of interest in implementing them from the view point of land owners. |
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