Planning [in] Justice http://j.mp/PlanninginJustice The project aims to collect and analyze data and increase public awareness regarding the absence of spatial justice in the distribution of public resources between different urban areas. This is in addition to examining the institutional causes that enable this situation in Egypt, with a special focus on the Greater Cairo Region (GCR). In pursuing this aim, the project works on developing tools to identify,measure and address these inequalities and making these tools available to other active groups in Egypt. Planning [in] Justice is a project of TADAMUN: The Cairo Urban Solidarity Initiative.

1. Mapping Spatial Injustice
in the Greater Cairo Region
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2. The multiple indicators of
poverty
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3. Percentage of people below
poverty line in GCR shiyakhas
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By using the percentage of people under the poverty line as our indicator
(CAPMAS, 2013), we find that the south of Giza governorate is the poorest part of
the Greater Cairo Region.

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Numbers of people below
poverty line in GCR shiyakhas
By using the numbers of people under the poverty line as our indicator (CAPMAS,
2013), the perspective changes and we find that the highest numbers of the poor
lie within the central and northern parts of Cairo and Giza.

5. Density of people below
poverty line per km2
in GCR shiyakhas
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By using the density of the people below the poverty line as our indicator
(CAPMAS, 2013) – i.e. the numbers of the poor per km2
– we find that the areas that
have the highest density of the poor are concentrated in the central areas of Cairo
and Giza. The use of different indicators gives a very different picture of poverty in
the city, which calls for a better understanding of the use of each indicator.

6. Measuring access to utilities
and infrastructure: water and
sanitation
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7. Percentage of people connected to
public water network in GCR shiyakhas
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Official reports often only focus on the percentage of people connected to the
water network, which is above 95% in the GCR (CAPMAS, 2006).

8. Percentage of people with water taps
inside their homes in GCR shiyakhas
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However, if we change our indicator, and look at the percentage of those with a tap
inside the home, we will see that a significant number of people have to leave their
homes to obtain drinking water (CAPMAS, 2006). This indicator is a better measure
of ease of access to water.

9. Percentage of people with toilets
inside their homes in GCR shiyakhas
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Similarly, if we look at the percentage of those with a toilet inside the home, we
find the percentage to be quite high (CAPMAS, 2006).

10. Percentage of people connected to the
public sanitation network in GCR shiyakhas
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However, if we look at the percentage of those connected to the wastewater
network, we will find the percentage is much lower (CAPMAS, 2006), meaning that
a large number of people rely on septic tanks to dispose of their wastewater. Septic
tanks add a huge environmental burden to the surrounding areas.

11. Per capita share of 2014/2015
local development programs
vs.
Numbers of people below the
poverty line in GCR districts
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12. Per capita 2014/2015 local development
programs (EGP)
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This comparison shows us one of the biggest distortions in spatial justice, since
there is a negative correlation between the per capita share of the 2014/2015 local
development programs budget and numbers of the poor in most GCR districts.
The districts with highest per capita share of such programs also happen to have
the lowest numbers of the poor.
*all units in EGP
Numbers of poor in GCR districts

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Per capita share of 2014/2015 local development pro-
grams vs. % of poor in Cairo governorate districts
The highest per capita share of the local development programs budget among
Cairo governorate’s districts in 2014/2015 is EGP 42.1 in Al-Nozha district, while the
lowest is EGP 4.7 in Ain Shams district. Interestingly, these two districts are
adjacent to each other.
Source: Cairo governorate website
Percapitashareof2014/2015
localdevelopmentprograms(EGP)
%ofpoor
70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
al-Tibbīn
Būlāq
Ḥilwān
Shubrā
Miṣr al-Qadīma
al-Salām - Second
al-Muskī
Munsha'at Nāṣir
al-Sharābiyya
al-Zāwiyya al-Ḥamrā`
al-Maṭariyya
Rowḍ al-Farag
Dār al-Salām
al-Basātīn
al-Salām - First
Center of Cairo
al-Marg
al-Sāḥil
Bāb al-Sha`riyya
`Ayn Shams
Ḥadā`iq al-Qubba
15 May
al-Wāylī
al-Sayyida Zaynab
al-Azbakiyya
al-Zaytūn
al-Khalīfa
al-Muqaṭṭam
Madīnat Naṣr - West
`Ābdīn
West of Cairo
al-Ma`ādī
Madīnat Naṣr - East
Miṣr al-Gadīda
al-Nuzha

14. Planning [in]
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The project aims to collect and analyze data and increase public
awareness regarding the absence of spatial justice in the distribution
of public resources between different urban areas. This is in addition
to examining the institutional causes that enable this situation in
Egypt, with a special focus on the Greater Cairo Region (GCR).
In pursuing this aim, the project works on developing tools to identi-
fy, measure and address these inequalities and making these tools
available to other active groups in Egypt. Planning [in] Justice is a
project of TADAMUN: The Cairo Urban Solidarity Initiative.
Planning [in] Justice