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Urban growth and environmental degradation
- Source :
- Cities. 19:389-400
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2002.
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Abstract
- The immense growth of cities, especially in developing countries, is resulting in the urbanization of both poverty and environmental degradation to a greater degree than ever before. This paper examines the processes of growth and degradation in the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Region (GCMR), currently the world’s tenth largest mega-city. It reviews the region’s growth and selected environmental issues as well as impacts of current efforts on managing the region. The assertion of this paper is that current management policies and bodies lack a comprehensive view of urban governance for the region, which does not bode well for the future environmental and economic sustainability of the region.
- Subjects :
- Economic growth
Sociology and Political Science
Poverty
Natural resource economics
Developing country
Development
Metropolitan area
Urban Studies
Megacity
Environmental Sustainability Index
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Urbanization
Sustainability
Business
Environmental degradation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02642751
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cities
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b6188b3fa6641931c0ee37b808688769