TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roba Abdelhafeez Abdallah 
AU  - Ahmed Mohamed Amin  , 
AU  - Amr Mostafa Elhalafawy , 
TI  - Towards a framework for real  estate property management : : With special reference to geographic information systems / 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Roba Abdelhafeez Abdallah , 
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Real Estate Management
KW  - Urban Management
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Architecture Engineering; Issued also as CD
N2  - Real estate is one of the most important sectors, in Egypt, contributing to economic  growth and affecting more than 90 industries related to construction. It is considered a  labor-intensive sector as it accommodates at least 8% of the total labor forceThe value of  real estate investments in Egypt has witnessed continuous increases since 2001/02 when it  recorded EGP 7.9 billion reaching about EGP 31.8 billion in 2012/2013 with 27.5%  growth rate. The investments of the private sector have always represented the highest  share of the total activities with a percentage amounted to 98% in 2012/2013.      During the last two decades, Egypt witnessed a new pattern of urban development, namely  2Gated Communities3, which had been growing rapidly in newly developed cities in  Egypt. The phenomena of gated communities which increased as a result of globalization,  have become an important trend for both the real-estate industry and the prospective  homebuyer. Such gated communities create exclusive zones for the wealthy to satisfy their  desire of enjoying a better quality of life. Most commonly, a gated community is  considered to be a residential area that is enclosed by walls, fences, or landscaping which,  provide a physical barrier to entry. Walling the residential communities is done in order to  control private spaces, streets and open areas. In Egypt, The expansion of gated  communities began in the early 1980s along the beaches of the Northwest coast as holiday  villages. Gated tourist villages spread along the coast of the Red Sea and the beaches of  Sinai.  The concept of gated communities is a new urban trend that grows fast in the new towns  around Cairo. Living in private enclosed compounds has recently been associated with a  distinctive and elite lifestyle.
ER  -