Environmental Performance Indicators as a Tool to Evaluate Urban Development Priorities in Fayoum Governorate.

Abstract

Environmental performance assessment, especially EPI (Environmental Performance Indicators), is a quantifiable environmental management tool that provides guidance to improve the efficiency of development processes from an environmental perspective. It relies on two main policies: environmental health and ecosystem vitality. The study aims to evaluate the environmental performance indicators of the Fayoum governorate according to the specificity of its condition. The goal is to achieve a balance between urban development processes and the vitality of its ecosystem. The problem of research is the absence of tools and indicators of environmental performance suitable for the specificity of each region and system separately. This can be addressed by selecting environmental performance indicators appropriate for the study area based on the methodology of internationally recognized Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI). These selected indicators are then applied in the governorate to develop a set of policies and strategies that are appropriate to the issues they face from an environmental performance perspective.