Growth Of Urbanization

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It is difficult to ignore the accelerating growth of urbanization. Urbanization has shaped developed countries during the 20th century, but it has had even more transformative effects on developing countries. Several factors distinguish urbanization in developing countries from urbanization in developed countries: (a) It occurs at an even quicker pace, (b) much larger numbers of populations are involved and (c) Urbanization and income growth are less closely connected than they were for developed countries.
By 2100, according to UN DESA in 2013, the share of the urban population is projected to reach around 9 billion, corresponding to close to 85% of the population. This period of rapid urbanization will also have experienced the rise of the …show more content…

According to UN Habitat and GIZ Cairo is considered one of the biggest city in Africa and the Arab world and it represents 22% of the country national GDP. Greater Cairo Region (GCR) is made up of three distinct sub-areas: Greater Cairo Proper (GCP) the main metropolitan agglomeration, Peri-Urban Greater Cairo and Greater Cairo’s Desert cities. The challenge for the Egyptian government and Cairo’s governors is to design appropriate institutional arrangements in order to implement policies that efficiently respond to the urban growth at the metropolitan scale. How to adapt and to plan for growing urbanization? How to respond to the fast and complex socio-spatial evolutions? How is the collaboration between spheres of governments taking place? How are involved the different actors from the public, private and civil sphere in order to foster coherent metropolitan …show more content…

As a result, my hard work and sincere devotion to the subjects earned me a rewarding place among the top students of University. I was offered a job as a Demonstrator in my Department, where I became able to continue my studies and gained my Master of Science in Urban Planning. I delivered a thesis titled “Cairo in the Context of Global Cities”. I found myself in deep contact with the problems of my dear city Cairo. Later on our revolution and the Arab spring aroused in January 2011. Being exposed to such events happening all around me and participating in it, I was pushed a head to find a way, a clear way, to be a useful citizen and to gain a helpful knowledge for my

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