Sustainability assessment of a slum upgrading intervention in Ghait El Enab, Alexandria, Egypt.

Abstract

A sustainable city is largely related to how well the infrastructure is developed which is important to encourage economic progress and decrease poverty. In 2012, UN-Habitat has established the City Prosperity Index (CPI) as a multi scale sustainability measurement tool extending from national urban policies to sub-cities. This article demonstrates the use of the City Prosperity Index (CPI) to measure what has changed in the infrastructure dimension of the Bashayer El Khair 1 (BK1) project in the Gheit El Enab area in Alexandria before and after upgrading.