Cairo

The two Cairos

In Cairo, Development, Megacity, Planning, Slums, Statistics on 13 November 2007 with no comments

In a pattern that is repeated in megacities–and not so megacities–everywhere, Cairo’s rich are opting “for the private gated enclaves, while the poor live in illegally built suburbs reclaimed from the surrounding countryside.”
What are the growth patterns within the city?
“It is only a slight exaggeration to say that informality is the defining characteristic of the [...]