الفهرس 
Governance and Urbanism: Conceptual FrameworkOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Urban governance of informal settlements in Cairo has become a critical challenge facing the Egyptian government. Hence, identification, integration and collaboration of relevant stakeholders become crucial at this stage; to secure successful and sustainable urban upgrading projects. Consequently, this research aims at investigating new and adjusted governance models that imply effective participation of stakeholder. Three research phases were accomplished in this regard. The first phase implied reviewing literature; to investigate norms of good urban governance and informality throughout the global dimension. In the second phase, an overview on the Egyptian context was analyzed; towards understanding the administrative flow of work, and the national political transitions in correspondence to the spread of informal settlements. Later, the third phase represented the empirical study, which examined the informal settlement of Ezzbet Al-Haggana in Cairo; as live evidence on the associated urban and socio-economic challenges to the existing governance model. Accordingly, site visits and interviews were conducted at this latter stage, which resulted in grasping the complexity of issues and actors within the study area. Finally, the research concludes that the current administrative structure of the formal sector in Egypt is incapable of providing adequate housing and services to everyone. Thus, establishment of a more dynamic and responsive framework is required; which involves a dedicated working group that coordinates among all relevant actors. This kind of coordination committee should be specified per upgrading of each informal settlement in particular, and perform as a local decision making and executive board. Finally, the research concludes a set of recommendations and findings towards good urban governance of informal settlements within the metropolitan area of Cairo, Egypt.
Keywords: Good Urban Governance, Metropolitan Area, Informal Settlements, Upgrading, Egypt, Cairo, Ezzbet Al-Haggana.