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Socially Sustainable neighborhoods in Egypt:

International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER) • 2017
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Authors Dr. Ahmed Awaad , Dr. Islam Ghonimi
Keywords Crime opportunities, crime rates, crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), fear of crime, sense of safety and security, neighborhood urban patterns.
Journal International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER)
Publisher International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER)
Volume 8
Issue 9
Pages 23
publication.type International
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Abstract
Social capital is considered the social networks that assure the correlation, cooperation and contraction between neighborhoods. Different scholars discussed the role of urban form in enhancing social capital. Changing development patterns from the traditional in old Egyptian cities to modern neighborhood in new Egyptian settlements creates a debate of their impacts on social capital. Based on case study of three types of neighborhoods, this research provides an understanding of the correlation between specific neighborhoods urban configuration and Social capital and social sustainability.