Upgrading urban spaces in slums as a tool to achieve Social Sustainability (Making slums livable) - The case study of Meit-Elwan slum - Kafr El Sheikh city- Egypt. (Dept. A)

Abstract

One-third of the population of the developing countries lives today in slums, Urbanization of the planet stands at about 50% of the population, so rapid urbanization, mainly by the poor, and the increasing of slums to accommodate the population growth, so cities will be designed by the poor, there is a great need to achieve social sustainable development in slums to save resources and to improve the slum's dwellers quality of life. The research aims to reach a mechanism that combines the elements of sustainable urban development in urban communities based on achieving the humanitarian needs of the population, providing a model for achieving social sustainability in the urban environment of slums The research follows the theoretical approach in studying concepts related to social sustainability and its dimensions, then following the analytical approach as it discusses the social sustainability development design principles and analysis case studies for sustainable upgrading of slums in India and Columbia to provide indicators of achieving social sustainability development for slums, then the paper provides an applied study to achieve these indicators in the slum of Meit Elwan in Kafr Alsheikh city in Egypt to turn it into a more livable slum, The research vision of the slum upgrading process follows street-led city wide slum upgrading approach which was developed by UN-Habitat (2012-2017).