Understanding urban segregation in Cairo : The social and spatial logic of a fragmented city
Year: 2014
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: As it turns out, social factors are significantly correlated with the spatial structure of the street grid on a metropolitan scale level. On a local scale, disadvantaged areas have a high locally integrated spatial structure, but lack accessibility to the surrounding areas and the whole city. Seemingly, the connection between a main route network and various neighbourhoods might influence a neighbourhood‘s social as well as economic integration. The current planning practice in Cairo, however, contributes to change this spatial structure through separating vibrant urban centres from the main route network. The effect is that this planning practice intensifies the social segregation processes between various social groups.
Institutions: Ain Shams University, Delft University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2227263191