Urban Development and Redevelopment in Developing Countries and the Middle East

Abstract

AbstractThis chapter analyses the urban development and redevelopment processes in developing countries and the Middle East. The chapter starts with a discussion on the urban theories that stem from developing countries and the global south, and analyses the market-enabling strategies and modes of housing provision in the context of developing countries. Within the developing world context, the Middle Eastern cities with their similar characteristics including vast informal run-down areas as a result of rapid population growth and the state’s inability to implement development regulations are analysed. Further, Turkey and Egypt as the two other largest countries in the Middle East with a track record of urban redevelopment projects are discussed in detail. Each country’s unique political and societal trends that affected their urban redevelopment process, as well as government policies to manage and transform informal run-down areas over the past few decades are reviewed.KeywordsThe developing world citiesThe Middle Eastern citiesCities of the Global SouthUrban redevelopment in the Middle EastRun-down areas of the Middle EastUrban regeneration in TurkeyUrban regeneration in Egypt