Faculty of Engineering - Ain Shams University, Home
City Development Strategies
What Will Learn?
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Course AimsUpon completion of the course, students should be able to: • Evaluate and assess demographic and economic growth, trends and policies. • Diagnose urban problems. • Recognize the main components and actors of housing provision. • Differentiate between housing levels and prototypes. • Assess housing needs for a city. • Work in teams (team work).
Requirements
Description
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English Description
Housing challenges and strategies abroad and in Egypt. Roles of the agencies and the pillars contribution in formulating the housing policies and urban strategies in different cities and their managements. Approaches for Sustainable Development: Resilience, Energy, Net Zero Design, Livability, ... Economic business models and marketing policies for housing projects. Through practical cases study: investigating problems and potentials, making needed analysis of partners and stakeholders and formulating the convenient programs, action plan, and log-framework. -
Arabic Description
Housing challenges and strategies abroad and in Egypt. Roles of the agencies and the pillars contribution in formulating the housing policies and urban strategies in different cities and their managements. Approaches for Sustainable Development: Resilience, Energy, Net Zero Design, Livability, ... Economic business models and marketing policies for housing projects. Through practical cases study: investigating problems and potentials, making needed analysis of partners and stakeholders and formulating the convenient programs, action plan, and log-framework.
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DepartmentUrban Planning
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Credit Hours3
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GradesTotal ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Major Assessment (35 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 20% , tr.Self_learning 10% , tr.Seminar 10% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (40)
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HoursLecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 0
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Required SWL125
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Equivalent ECTS5
- CAPMAS Periodics about Housing Market and Status in Egypt
- Favilukis, J., Mabille, P., Nieuwerburgh, S. ., & National Bureau of Economic Research,. (2019). Affordable housing and city welfare.
- GOPP (2014) National Strategic Plan for Urban Development.
- GOPP (2015) Status of Urban Environment and Hosing indictors for the Egyptian Cities.
- Lund, B. (2017). Understanding housing policy.
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme. (2018). The Quito papers and the new urban agenda.
- Weltbank. (2012). A Framework for Housing Policy Reform in Urban Areas in Egypt: Developing a Well Functioning Housing System and Strengthening the National Housing Program. - Afifi, S. (2014). Spatial Planning Support Systems in Egypt. PhD. Ain Shams University.