“National Urban Policies in Arab States,” Regional Assessment and Case Studies on NUPs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, 2014

Abstract

I2UD produced a regional assessment report of National Urban Policies (NUPs) in Arab States in 2014, to describe and analyze contextual factors and the evolution of policies in major Arab states. The assessment included five in-depth case studies of NUPs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan, which reflect the geographical diversity in the area, as well as current policy objectives, opportunities and challenges in implementation for the region.

In a related report from April 2016, Drs. Mona Serageldin and François Vigier addressed a broader scope of NUPs, including European and global factors, in a paper titled “National Urban Policies and the Role of Sub-national Governments.”

Case study analysis focused on cross-cutting themes of compact and connected cities, inclusive cities, and climate-resilient cities. The final outputs included these case studies, a regional synthesis report, and a table of country profiles in relation to national urban policies.

Documents include an initial expression of interest, inception report, case studies for each country, final assessments, an executive summary, annexes and methodological notes, and an additional memo on informal settlements in Egypt.

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Project Year:	2014
Project Type:	Regional Report
Geographic Regions:	^{Egypt / Jordan / Morocco / Saudi Arabia / Sudan}
Reports:	NUP in Arab States: (Full Report, February 2017) NUP in Arab States: (Expression of Interest, August 2014) NUP in Arab States: (Inception Report, March 2015) NUP in Arab States: Methodology for UN Habitat NUP in Arab States: Executive Summary (Serageldin and Vigier, April 2016) NUP in Arab States: UN Habitat Partnership with the Arab States NUP in Arab States: Informal Settlements in Egypt (Memo) NUP in Arab States: Annex 1 Country Profiles NUP in Arab States: Case Study Method and Analysis Guide for National Urban Policies Case Studies: NUP in Arab States: Egypt (Case Study) NUP in Arab States: Sudan (Case Study) NUP in Arab States: Saudi Arabia (Case Study) NUP in Arab States: Jordan (Case Study) NUP in Arab States: Morocco (Case Study) NUP in Arab States: (Final Assessment Report)
Authors:	^{Mona Serageldin; François Vigier; Maren Larsen;}
Sponsors:	^{UN Habitat (Regional and Metropolitan Planning Unit, Urban Planning and Design Branch);}
Categories:	Urban Planning

ID:	2014_08_001

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“Planning for Climate Adaptation Program” for Four Dominican Republic Municipalities: Santo Domingo National District, Santiago de los Caballeros, San Pedro de Macoris, and Las Terrenas, 2015

“National Urban Policies in Arab States,” Regional Assessment and Case Studies on NUPs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, 2014

“Arusha Urbanization Strategy and Urban Development Plan,” Development Strategy for Arusha Municipality, Tanzania, 2009-2012

ICLRD: Urban Reconciliation Case Studies for Public Housing Estates in Ireland and Northern Ireland, with Study Profile on the Basel Metropolitan Area, 2010-2012

Executive Training Course 2006: “Strategic Planning for Sustainable Infrastructure Development,” Workshop Curriculum with Case Studies, Pretoria, South Africa, 2006

IEP 2003: “Infrastructure and Partnerships for Local Economic Development” in Pretoria and Bloemfontein, South Africa, International Education Programs, 2003

IEP 2002: “Strategic Planning for Local Development & Urban Revitalization,” Program Overview, International Education Programs, 2002

Workshops on “Strategic Planning and Management of Municipal Infrastructure Programs,” from Review of Grant-Funded MIPs in South Africa, May-June 1999

“Housing Microfinance Initiatives,” Case Study for USAID Microenterprise Best Practices Initiative, 1999-2000

ITP 1998: “The Role of Public/Private Partnerships in Urban Improvements,” with Case Studies on Kreuzberg, Berlin (Germany), GIS Mapping on Cape Cod (US) and the Maarouf Quarter of Cairo (Egypt), 1998

“City of Szczecin Capital Improvement Program,” Case Studies for Technical Assistance Program, Szczecin, Poland, 1996

ITP 1994: “Revitalization in Older Urban Spaces,” Upham’s Corner, Dorchester, Boston, South Boston, and New Haven (US); Montpellier (France); and Cork (Ireland) with Case Studies, International Education Programs, 1994

“Introduction to Local Finances,” Teaching Monographs and Case Studies on Finance Management, by Visiting Lecturer David C. Jones, 1994-1999

Related by – Migration

“World Migration Report,” Background Papers on Displacement, Migration and Resettlement in MENA (Middle East and North Africa), International Organization for Migration, 2014

“Migration, Remittances and Housing in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Study on Senegal, Kenya, and South Africa, with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), 2007-2008

“Migration, Remittances and the Empowerment of Women in Central America and the Andean Region,” for PROMESHA, Lund University, 2007-2008

“Habitat III Regional Report for the Arab Region,” for UN-Habitat (ROAS) and United Nations (ESCWA), 2015-2016

“National Urban Strategy for Governorates in Iraq,” Development Strategy for Phase II of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Iraq Ministry of Planning Local Area Development Programme (LADP II), 2014-2018

“National Urban Policies in Arab States,” Regional Assessment and Case Studies on NUPs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, 2014

UN-HABITAT Spatial Regional Plan and Assessment for the Kurdistan-Iraq Region Housing Program, 2014

“Inclusive Cities and Access to Land, Housing, and Services in Developing Countries,” Urban Development Series: Knowledge Papers, February 2016, No. 22. World Bank’s Social, Urban, Rural & Resilience Global Practice, 2016

“Basic Services for an Urbanizing World,” Third Global Report on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD III, UCLG). Chapter on “Middle East and West Asia” by Mona Serageldin, I2UD, 2013

World Bank MNA Urban Action Plan – Policy and Strategy Papers: “The Evolving Regional Urban Agenda: Key Challenges and Opportunities,” & “From Spring to Renaissance: Repositioning the Arab Cities,” 2013

“GCC Regional Spatial Strategy – Elements and Considerations,” Urban Development Plan, UN-Habitat Gulf States Regional Office Workshops, 2013

State of Arab Cities 2012 UN-Habitat Report & Conference – “Challenges of Urban Transition: Municipal Management and Urban Development Conference For Sustainability in Arab States,” Kuwait, May 2012

“Comprehensive Plan for Makkah, Madinah and Mashaer,” Urban Development Strategy for Ancient Holy Sites in Saudi Arabia, 2009

Executive Training Course 2006: “Strategic Planning for Sustainable Infrastructure Development,” Workshop Curriculum with Case Studies, Pretoria, South Africa, 2006

“Development Corridors and Urban Development Strategies” and “Slum Improvement Strategies and Social Inclusion,” Presentations by Dr. Mona Serageldin, 11th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, São Paulo, Brazil, 2004

“Migratory Flows, Poverty and Social Inclusion in Latin America,” Research Report by Dr. Mona Serageldin with Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), 2004

“Community-Based Urbanization and Favelas Rehabilitation Processes,” Case Study in Academy Editions, “The Architecture of Empowerment: People, Shelter and Livable Cities,” for Fortaleza, Brazil, 1997

“Review of Ongoing USAID Shelter Sector Activities in Morocco,” Report by Dr. Mona Serageldin with ICMA, TSS Inc. for USAID/Morocco Office of Housing and Urban Programs, 1992-1998

Design Studio 1989: “Rabat’s Urban Fringe,” Urbanization Analysis of Rabat, Morocco – Seminar Curriculum

Design Studio 1988: “Urban Infrastructure Planning and Programing in Developing Countries,” Chapters 1-7, Seminar Curriculum

Related by – Regional Assessments

“Comprehensive Plan for Makkah, Madinah and Mashaer,” Urban Development Strategy for Ancient Holy Sites in Saudi Arabia, 2009

“The Unplanned Areas Upgrading and Employment Enhancing Programme in Egypt,” Needs Assessment and Activity Design Study for Informal Settlements in Cairo, Giza Governorates, Egypt, 2011-2016

“GCC Regional Spatial Strategy – Elements and Considerations,” Urban Development Plan, UN-Habitat Gulf States Regional Office Workshops, 2013

“National Urban Policies in Arab States,” Regional Assessment and Case Studies on NUPs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, 2014

UN-HABITAT Spatial Regional Plan and Assessment for the Kurdistan-Iraq Region Housing Program, 2014

Habitat III Regional Report for the Arab Region: Papers on “Inclusive cities,” “Migration and Refugees in Urban Areas,” and “Land Structure, Process, and Outcome,” for UN-Habitat (ROAS) and United Nations (ESCWA), 2015-2016

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Galleries 6-7 – Egypt: Cairo and Helwan, 1986, 1990

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January 2012March 2025

ICLRD Briefing Papers 2012-2016: “Implementation of River Basin Management Plans” and “Applying the Functional Territories Concept: Planning Beyond Borders”

Abstract

The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) published two short Briefing Papers in 2012 and 2016. The articles explored how various forms of urban planning—enacted at different spatial scales—could contribute to better collaboration on the pressing issues facing both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Documents include: “Implementation of River Basin Management Plans: Current Issues and Future Needs” (2012) and “Applying the Functional Territories Concept: Planning Beyond Borders” (2016).

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Project Year:	2012-2016
Project Type:	ICLRD Project
Geographic Regions:	Ireland / Northern Ireland
Reports:	ICLRD: Implementation of River Basin Management Plans: Current Issues and Future Needs (No. 11, December 2012) ICLRD: Applying the Functional Territories Concept: Planning Beyond Borders (No. 13, 2016)
Authors:	^{Cormac Walsh; John Driscoll; Caroline Creamer; Patricia O’Hara; Karen Keaveney; Caitriona Mullan; Ainhoa González Del Campo; Pádraig Maguire;}
Sponsors:	ICLRD
Categories:	Reconciliation and Development

ID:	2012_00_001

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Related by – Directed by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD)

ICLRD: Annual Conference Reports on Urban Planning for the Island of Ireland, with CroSPlaN, INTERREG IVA and InterTradeIreland, 2004-2017

ICLRD: Spatial Strategies for Peace and Reconciliation on the Island of Ireland – Collected Research Reports by the International Centre for Local & Regional Development, 2006-2013

“The Atlas of the Island of Ireland: Mapping Social and Economic Change,” Publication by ICLRD, 2008 and 2015

“Shaping and Managing Cross-Border Development,” ICLRD Executive Training Program Materials, for Irish Border Cities: Newry-Dundalk Twin City Region & Northwest Region, Ireland, 2010-2014

ICLRD: Urban Reconciliation Case Studies for Public Housing Estates in Ireland and Northern Ireland, with Study Profile on the Basel Metropolitan Area, 2010-2012

“Borderlands: The Journal of Spatial Planning in Ireland,” ICLRD Publication, 2011, 2013

ICLRD Briefing Papers 2012-2016: “Implementation of River Basin Management Plans” and “Applying the Functional Territories Concept: Planning Beyond Borders

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March 2008December 2023

“State of African Cities,” Research for Regional Chapter on North African Cities for UN-Habitat Reports, 2008 and 2010

Abstract

In 2008, a team from I2UD prepared research for regional chapters on Northern Africa for the first UN-Habitat “State of African Cities Report.” Topics covered include demographics and urban growth, cities as engines of economic growth, urban poverty and housing conditions, environmental challenges in urban areas, and urban governance. Countries addressed in the North African regional chapter include Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and Sudan.

Documents are an Institute for International Urban Development Final Report on the North Africa Region from July 2008 (This report notes: “A condensed version of this report was used in UN-Habitat’s 2008 State of African Cities Report, published in November, 2008”). Following are two documents for the State of African Cities from 2008 and 2010 (Educational Use and Read Only, © United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), 2008, 2010). I2UD, headed by Dr. Mona Serageldin and Dr. François Vigier, also authored a follow-up report, “Governance, Inequality and Urban Land Markets,” in 2010.

Project Year:	2008-2010
Project Type:	Research Paper
Geographic Regions:	^{Algeria / Egypt / Libya / Mauritania / Morocco / Tunisia / Sudan}
Reports:	State of African Cities: North Africa Region (Institute for International Urban Development, Final Report, July 2008) — State of African Cities: (Full Report, 2008) State of African Cities: (Full Report, 2010)
Authors:	^{Mona Serageldin; François Vigier; Christa Lee-Chuvala; Erick Guerra}
Sponsors:	^UN-Habitat
Categories:	Urban Planning

ID:	2008_03_001

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Gallery 1 – Algeria: Algiers, November 1987 and September 1988

Galleries 6-7 – Egypt: Cairo and Helwan, 1986, 1990

Gallery 10 – Morocco: Fes, Casablanca, and Rabat, 1983-1993

Gallery 13 – Tunisia: Tunis, 1978-1990

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October 2003June 2024

“Local Authority-Driven Interventions to Improve the Lives of Slum Dwellers,” Dr. Mona Serageldin for UN Millennium Task Force 8, on “Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers,” 2003

Abstract

In October 2003, Dr. Mona Serageldin participated on “Task Force 8,” a working group for the United Nations Millennium Project, directed by Professor Jeffrey Sachs Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General.

The Task Force 8 sought to recommend strategies to achieve the defined Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), adopted by world leaders at the UN Millennium Summit in September 2004. MGGs were targets to reduce global poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and gender discrimination for populations around the world.

Dr. Serageldin and CUDS authors prepared an assessment of 50 best practices worldwide as a background paper for the Task Force 8. Their paper highlighted the key features underlying their success, namely, partnerships, strategic priorities, multi-sectoral action plans, and focused on programs targeting vulnerable populations and marginalized “informal settlements,” here also termed “slums.”

Documents include the October 2003 Report, Goal Indicators, a case study on the Tsiganes in Greece, and a presentation titled “Partnerships and Targeted Programs.”

See also, the UN-HABITAT Mandate for the Millennium Development Project initiative, which includes a guide section on “The Do’s and Don’ts of Slum Upgrading.”

Excerpt

[Excerpt: Report, October 2003, 1. Executive Summary – Overview, p. 5]

1.1 Overview

“This background paper is based on an extensive review of local authority-driven initiatives that managed to improve the lives of slum dwellers. The review discusses the growing role of local authorities with reference to the institutional context conditioning government action. The imbalances created by asymmetrical decentralization of powers, responsibilities and resources is a cross cutting theme prompting local authorities to seek strategic partners for their initiatives. The conceptual framework used to define the range of locally driven initiatives that can improve the lives of slum dwellers underscores their breadth and diversity. The review focuses on process, strategy and action, and how these were shaped by the nature of the challenges that local authorities had to cope with and the partnerships they managed to structure in order to access resources, engage poor communities, reach marginalized populations and address vulnerable groups.”

“The performance of these institutional frameworks and decision making processes are assessed with reference to the difficulties encountered and results achieved. The selected initiatives presented in the different sections of the paper are grouped under headings highlighting recent trends and pointing to future directions. The paper focuses on initiatives implemented during the past decade in different economic, social, political and cultural settings. Emerging trends with regard to processes, strategies, and actions highlight the expanding scope of partnerships and the emphasis on empowerment and social inclusion.”

Project Year:	2003
Project Type:	Research Paper
Geographic Regions:	^{Weihai, China (Conference Location) / Sofades, Greece (Case Study)}
Reports:	UN Millennium Task Force 8: (Report, October 2003) UN Millennium Task Force 8: (Goals Indicators) UN Millennium Task Force 8: The Tsiganes in Greece (Case Study, September 2003) UN Millennium Task Force 8: Partnerships and Targeted Programs (Presentation, November 2003) UN Millennium Task Force 8: UN-HABITAT Mandate for the Millennium Development Project Initiative
Authors:	^{Mona Serageldin; Elda Solloso; Luis Valenzuela; Peter Stathopoulos (Athens Technological Institute)}
Sponsors:	^{UN-Habitat Millennium Development Goals Task Force 8 on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers}
Categories:	Informal Settlements and Urban Upgrading

ID:	2003_10_001

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Gallery 2 – Côte d’Ivoire: Adjamé, Abidjan, 1990-1995

Gallery 4 – Chile: Santiago, Concepción, and Talcahuano, 1992-1993

Galleries 6-7: Egypt: Cairo and Helwan, 1986, 1990

Gallery 16 – Venezuela: Caracas, 1989

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May 2000December 2023

“Mauritanian National Urban Development Strategy,” Policy Action Plan for Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, and Kaédi, Mauritania, 2000 (French)

In 2000, the Center for Urban Development (CUDS) provided assistance in formulating the “Mauritanian National Urban Development Strategy” and policy action plan for Mauritania. This project originated from the Mauritanian “Seminar on Urban Planning and Management,” led by CUDS in 1999.

The CUDS team included Mauritanian urban and legal experts and worked closely with local officials on an economic development strategy for the country’s three largest cities (Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, and Kaédi) and on an update to the legislative framework for land tenure and real estate development.

Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania, while Nouadhibou is the second largest city and a major commercial centre. Kaédi is the largest city and administrative center of the Gorgol Region of Southern Mauritania, located on the border with Senegal.

Documents include multiple provisional and progressive reports from May, June, July, August and October 2000, as well as preliminary documents, all in French.

Project Year:	2000
Project Type:	Policy Action Plan; Education
Geographic Regions:	Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, and Kaédi, Mauritania
Reports:	Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Outline) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Introduction, Part 1) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: Proposition Technique (Part 3) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Summary Report, May 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Provisional Report, June 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Provisional Report, July 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Provisional Report, August 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Final Report 1, October 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Final Report 2, October 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Synthesis, November 2000)
Authors:	^{François Vigier; Mona Serageldin; Sameh Wahba (Research Fellow); Dr. Alain Durand-Lasserve (Land Management); Dr. Jacques Carol (Urban Economics); Dr. Ahmed Salem Ould Bouboutt (Jurist and Prof. of Law at University of Nouakchott); Dr. Issakha Diagana (Prof. of Geography at University of Nouakchott); Samir Abdulac (Fellow);}
Sponsors:	^{World Bank; AMEXTIPE (National Agency for Public Works and Employment Generation in Mauritania);}
Categories:	International Education Program; Executive Training Program; Education;

ID:	2000_05_001

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November 1998January 2024

“Preserving the Historic Urban Fabric in a Context of Fast Paced Change,” Research Essay by Dr. Mona Serageldin, 1998

Abstract

In this 1998 essay, Dr. Mona Serageldin responded to the Getty Conservation Institute’s “Agora Values and Benefits Inquiry,” by examining the challenges of preserving historic centers in societies experiencing fast-paced political, economic, or demographic change. Documents include the 1998 report, and a draft report with reference list. Additional contributing authors included Sameh Wahba.

Serageldin’s 1998 essay laid the grounded for the Institute’s ongoing directives from the late 1990s forward. Her research drew clear links between need to bolster urban populations during politically challenging periods, and the need to protect historic cultural and architectural districts during times of unpredictable change. This dual approach tried to navigate a cross disciplinary approach to solving these issues, offering in depth social and economic analyses. This perspective continues to be relevant in the present global environments, where the stressors of climate change and migratory upheaval necessitate complex planning to preserve valuable urban spaces.

Excerpt

[Excerpt: Mona Serageldin, Final Report, “Preserving the Historic Urban Fabric in a Context of Fast Paced Change,” p. 2]

“This essay looks at cultural heritage from the viewpoint of addressing the challenge of preserving historic centers in societies experiencing fast paced change. This situation is commonly encountered in newly independent states, countries undergoing economic restructuring and nations charting a course through difficult political transition. The cultural heritage contained in the historic cores of urban settlements is subjected to the interplay of two major forces:

1. The dynamics of development and transformation as they affect population movements and real estate markets.

2. The perceptual and practical links between people and their architectural and cultural
heritage.

“Rapid economic and institutional transformation subjects the built environment to varying degrees of strain which expose cultural heritage to risk. Concepts of preservation transferred from countries enjoying prolonged stability and growth often prove to be unaffordable and ineffective in preventing the onset of decay in historic cores. National development policies focused on economic issues do not adequately support conservation objectives and may even clash with them while the dynamics of real estate markets reinforce disparities in valuation between the old and the new. They create situations where the value of the land in accessible sites is depressed by the historic buildings standing on it because of their condition or use.”

“Appreciation of the built environment is partially conditioned by participation in the network of interlinked organizations underlying the social order: family and kin groups, ethnic, religious and political associations and even occupation and business interests. Rapid transformation causes strains and dislocations in these structures. Restructuring of production opens new fields and opportunities to acquire status and wealth independently of old systems. Reshaping the institutional and legal frameworks within which new and surviving organizations have to function creates new channels for upward mobility as well as new symbols of achievement and status. The mechanisms of self improvement and the experience of personal fulfillment are more or less profoundly altered.”
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Project Year:	1998
Project Type:	Cultural Heritage Essay
Geographic Regions:	Global / None Specified
Reports:	Preserving the Historic Urban Fabric: (Report, November 1998) Preserving the Historic Urban Fabric: (Draft Report with Reference List, November 1998)
Authors:	^{Mona Serageldin; Sameh Wahba;}
Sponsors:	_{Center for Urban Development Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design; Getty Conservation Institute}
Categories:	Historic Districts

ID:	1998_11_001

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Design Studio 1981: “Housing Design in Islamic Cultures” in Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, Seminar Curriculum

“Economy of Historic Preservation” in Erbil, Kurdistan, Report for Strengthening Urban & Regional Planning (SURP), UN-HABITAT, 2014

“Comprehensive Plan for Makkah, Madinah and Mashaer,” Urban Development Strategy for Ancient Holy Sites in Saudi Arabia, 2009

“Sustainable Development Based on Valorizing the Historic Urban Fabric,” Paper by Dr. Mona Serageldin, 9th World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, 2007

“Integrated Area Management Action Plan,” Urban Management Plan for the Ancient Walled City Icheri Sheher, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006

“Revitalization of Kars Historic Center” & “Strategies for Sustainable Development,” Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building for Kars, Turkey, 2004-2008

“Cooperation and Capacity Building for Promoting Cultural, Natural and Built Heritage in Transylvania,” Technical Assistance Report for Brașov, Sibiu, Sighișoara and Târgu Mureș, Romania, 2004

“Continuity and Change” by Dr. Mona Serageldin, Topic Paper for 48th World Congress, International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP), 2004

“Historic Center of Mexico City” Diagnostic Summary, Technical Assistance for Mexico City, Mexico, 2003

“Master Plan for the Revitalization of the Older Urban Fabric,” Preservation in the Old City of Al Qusair, Egypt, 2000

“St. Petersburg Center City Rehabilitation Project,” Urban Planning Network for St. Petersburg, Russia, 2000

“Preserving the Historic Urban Fabric in a Context of Fast Paced Change,” Research Essay by Dr. Mona Serageldin, 1998

“Lublin Local Initiatives Program” & “Lublin Old Town Rehabilitation Project,” Technical Assistance for Urban Upgrading in Lublin, Poland, 1994-2000

“Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Revitalization and Rehabilitation of the Historic District,” Technical Assistance for the City of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1994

“Upgrading and Conservation of the Walled City of Lahore,” Regional Report on the Preservation of Historic Lahore, Pakistan, 1988

Related by – Design Studio Seminars, 1981-2003

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January 1995June 2024

“Community-Based Urbanization and Favelas Rehabilitation Processes,” Case Study in Academy Editions, “The Architecture of Empowerment: People, Shelter and Livable Cities,” for Fortaleza, Brazil, 1997

Abstract

This report “Community-Based Urbanization and Favelas Rehabilitation Processes,” was written by Mona Serageldin and CUDS specialists in 1997, and published in The Architecture of Empowerment: People, Shelter and Livable Cities, Academy Editions.

This housing case study of Fortaleza, Brazil examined the four interlinked urban programs in Fortaleza, which formed a coordinated framework for public and community action to address the human and environmental aspects of rapid urbanization. Programs combined capacity building, participation, civic engagement, and community-based management of local resources.

Excerpt

[Excerpt: Final Report, 1997]

“Fortaleza’s interlinked urban programs (Mutirão 50, Comunidades, Casa Melhor and the Integration Council) created a framework for coordinated public and community action addressing the human aspects as well as the environmental dimensions of rapid urbanization. The programs combined capacity building, participation, civic engagement and community based management of local resources. Fortaleza, the capital of the Ceara State, in the Northern region of Brazil, has a population of 2.5 million inhabitants, over half of whom live in more than 350 irregular settlements, known as “favelas”, lacking infrastructure and services. Rapid demographic growth and sustained migration from rural areas has fueled their proliferation. Since 1973, a new favela has developed every month . . .”
. . . .

“The goal of the Mutirão 50 pilot and the Comunidades programs is to create an interface for coordinated action by the different actors involved in urban development. The process capitalizes on the complementary roles of NGOs that have the capacity to innovate and lead an outreach and mobilization effort, and the public authorities that can foster institutionalization and replication of successful actions. The programs have 3 strategic objectives: to create a setting for self-built mutirões housing; to generate employment opportunities; and to set in motion a process of sustainable development.“

“The programs reinforce citizen participation and the autonomy of community based organizations by building up their capacity to negotiate with public authorities and broadening their vision and understanding of the wider socio-economic context. The Comunidades program is managed by a special commission, referred to as the Integration Council. It includes two representatives of each of the partners involved: the State, the municipalities, the university and the technical school, the NGOs and the community groups. . . “
. . . .

“Close ties to education and research institutions help develop innovative approaches to the three complementary and integrated action lines of the program: Housing construction institutional development and job creation. In light of the importance given to technical training, the collaborative effort with educational institutions is considered critical to the program’s success.”

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Project Year:	1995
Project Type:	Research Paper
Geographic Regions:	Fortaleza, Brazil
Reports:	Community Based Urbanization and Favelas Rehabilitation Processes: (Final Report, 1997)
Authors:	Mona Serageldin; Boguslaw Trondowski; Sameh Wahba
Sponsors:	^{Center for Urban Development Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design}
Categories:	Urban Planning

ID:	1995_00_006

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Related by – Migration

“World Migration Report,” Background Papers on Displacement, Migration and Resettlement in MENA (Middle East and North Africa), International Organization for Migration, 2014

“Migration, Remittances and Housing in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Study on Senegal, Kenya, and South Africa, with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), 2007-2008

“Migration, Remittances and the Empowerment of Women in Central America and the Andean Region,” for PROMESHA, Lund University, 2007-2008

“Habitat III Regional Report for the Arab Region,” for UN-Habitat (ROAS) and United Nations (ESCWA), 2015-2016

“National Urban Policies in Arab States,” Regional Assessment and Case Studies on NUPs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, 2014

UN-HABITAT Spatial Regional Plan and Assessment for the Kurdistan-Iraq Region Housing Program, 2014

“GCC Regional Spatial Strategy – Elements and Considerations,” Urban Development Plan, UN-Habitat Gulf States Regional Office Workshops, 2013

“Comprehensive Plan for Makkah, Madinah and Mashaer,” Urban Development Strategy for Ancient Holy Sites in Saudi Arabia, 2009

Executive Training Course 2006: “Strategic Planning for Sustainable Infrastructure Development,” Workshop Curriculum with Case Studies, Pretoria, South Africa, 2006

“Migratory Flows, Poverty and Social Inclusion in Latin America,” Research Report by Dr. Mona Serageldin with Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), 2004

“Review of Ongoing USAID Shelter Sector Activities in Morocco,” Report by Dr. Mona Serageldin with ICMA, TSS Inc. for USAID/Morocco Office of Housing and Urban Programs, 1992-1998

Design Studio 1989: “Rabat’s Urban Fringe,” Urbanization Analysis of Rabat, Morocco – Seminar Curriculum

Design Studio 1988: “Urban Infrastructure Planning and Programing in Developing Countries,” Chapters 1-7, Seminar Curriculum

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October 1990June 2024

“Regularizing the Informal Land Development Process,” International Case Studies for the USAID Office of Housing and Urban Programs, Dr. Mona Serageldin, 1990

Abstract

In 1990, Dr. Mona Serageldin and the Unit authored a report on urban development case studies, “Regularizing the Informal Land Development Process,” in fulfillment of a contract with the USAID Office of Housing and Urban Programs.

The report focused on organizational disconnects between informal housing and formal planning development for urban communities, considering case studies on land development and legal aspects for nine urban municipalities: Navi Mumbai, India; Jakarta, Indonesia; Bangkok, Thailand; Mexico City, Mexico; Caracas, Venezuela; Cairo, Egypt; Amman, Jordan; Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Conakry, Guinea; Kinshasa, Congo; and Lusaka, Zambia.

Case studies discuss three points for each city region: 1) Informal land development processes; 2) Regularization of informal land development; and 3) Legal and institutional frameworks for land regularization. Documents include the 1990 report in full.

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Project Year:	1990
Project Type:	Land Development Case Studies
Geographic Regions:	^{Navi Mumbai, India / Jakarta, Indonesia / Bangkok, Thailand / Mexico City, Mexico / Caracas, Venezuela / Cairo, Egypt / Amman, Jordan / Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire / Conakry, Guinea / Kinshasa, Congo / Lusaka, Zambia}
Reports:	Regularizing the Informal Land Development Process: (Mona Serageldin, October 1990)
Authors:	^{John Driscoll; María-Luisa Fernández; Laurent Perrin; Mona Serageldin; Graphics, Randa Tukan; Production, Phoebe Manzi}
Sponsors:	^{USAID Office of Housing and Urban Programs (Contract # DHR-1005-0-00-0019-00)}
Categories:	Urban Planning

ID:	1990_10_001

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Related I2UD Photography Galleries

Gallery 2 – Côte d’Ivoire: Adjamé, Abidjan, 1990-1995

Gallery 5 – Congo: Kinshasa, 1989

Galleries 6-7 – Egypt: Cairo and Helwan, 1986, 1990

Gallery 16 – Venezuela: Caracas, 1989

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January 1987January 2024

Design Studio 1987: “Arad New Town,” Land-Fill Development Solutions for Arad New Town, Muharraq Island, Bahrain, Seminar Curriculum

Abstract

The Design Studio from Spring 1987, “Arad New Town” of Bahrain, was led by Professors François Vigier and Mona Serageldin under the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Harvard University in 1987. The document is a syllabus for the 1987 topic, a new land development site in the late 1980s in Muharraq Province, Bahrain: Arad New Town.

See related Document Library materials: Design Studio 1988: “Urban Infrastructure Planning and Programing in Developing Countries.”

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[Excerpt, Design Studio Syllabus, 1987]:

“The objective of this year’s studio… is to explore solutions that are responsive to the life styles of the future inhabitants of a satellite development in Bahrain, off Muharraq Island, and integrate the modern technology required to create a large-scale project with the cultural traditions of Bahrain and the Gulf area. The policy initiated several years ago to undertake land fills on the coral reefs girding the islands that make up Bahrain offers a rare opportunity to “create” the site as an integral part of the design of the new town. The land fill’s location near the historic town of Muharraq allows the taking into account of the functional, economic, and social interrelationships between the new town and its older neighbor.”

“Arad New Town is to be built on a land-fill (whose geometry has yet to be defined) to be located on a 3.7 square kilometer coral reef and tidal flat extending from the bridge linking old Muharraq and Arad to the village of Halat an Naim […] A bridge will be constructed between the site and old Muharraq over the channel that will have to be created to maintain the viability of the ecologically sensitive Dawhat al Muharraq marsh. The new town offers a unique opportunity to simultaneously address ecological, design and implementation issues.”

Project Year:	1987
Project Type:	Urban Design Studio
Geographic Regions:	Arad and Muharraq, Bahrain
Reports:	1987 Design Studio: Arad New Town (Syllabus)
Authors:	^{François Vigier; Mona Serageldin;}
Sponsors:	^{The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology}
Categories:	Design Studios; Education;

ID:	1987_00_001

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Design Studio 1981: “Housing Design in Islamic Cultures” in Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, Seminar Curriculum

Abstract

The 1981 Design Studio, “Housing Design in Islamic Cultures,” was held jointly by Unit for Housing and Urbanization at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and MIT Laboratory of Architecture and Planning in August 1981.

Documents include a syllabus, an essay on “Determinants of Housing Design” by Professor Vigier, an Essay on the “Role of the Public Sector” by Ismail Serageldin, and a bibliography on “Housing and Housing Design in the Muslim World” by Aga Khan/MIT librarian Richard Dewey.

Supporting materials include background papers on M’Sila, Algeria, Dhaka, Bangladesh, El Mounira Imbaba, Egypt, Iraq National Context, Karachi, Pakistan, Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia.

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Project Year:	1981
Project Type:	Urban Design Studio
Geographic Regions:	^{Dhaka, Bangladesh / Karachi, Pakistan / Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia / Iraq / Egypt / M’Sila, Algeria / Indonesia}
Reports:	1981 Design Studio: Housing Design in Islamic Cultures (Syllabus) 1981 Design Studio: Determinants of Housing Design (Introduction) — 1981 Design Studio: Architecture and Contemporary Arab Style of Life (Msila, Algeria) 1981 Design Studio: Core Housing Scheme at Mohammedpur (Dacca, Bangladesh) 1981 Design Studio: El Mounira Imbaba Informal Settlement (Greater Cairo, Egypt) 1981 Design Studio: Housing and House Design in the Muslim World (Bibliography, Richard Dewey) 1981 Design Studio: Lines Area Resettlement Project (Karachi, Pakistan) 1981 Design Studio: Planning and Financing Urban Development The Role of Public Sector (Ismail Serageldin) 1981 Design Studio: Residential Community (Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia) 1981 Design Studio: Iraq Bab Al Sheikh Project (Summary Paper) — National Urban Context Background Papers: 1981 Design Studio: Iraq Baghdad Urban Context (Background Paper) 1981 Design Studio: Iraq National Context (Background Paper) 1981 Design Studio: Pakistan (Background Paper) 1981 Design Studio: Saudi Arabia (Background Paper) 1981 Design Studio: Algeria (Background Paper) 1981 Design Studio: Bangladesh (Background Paper) 1981 Design Studio: Egypt (Background Paper) 1981 Design Studio: Indonesia (Background Paper)
Authors:	^{Mona Serageldin; François Vigier; Ismail Serageldin; Assia Khellaf; Altaf Mulla; Aminul Haq Khan; Nadia Al Hasani; Akhtar Badshah; Isam Alimam; Javed Sultan; Mohamed El-Sioufi; Richard H. Dewey;}
Sponsors:	^{The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory of Architecture and Planning}
Categories:	Design Studios; Education;

ID:	1981_08_001

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