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CPS1277 Amal E.S

Use of GIS and statistics in measuring
land consumption rate to population growth
rate in Egypt
Amal El Sharnoby
CAPMAS, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Like many countries around the world Egypt is facing challenges in managing
rapid urbanization from ensuring adequate housing and infrastructure to
support growing populations, to confronting the environmental impact of
urban sprawl, With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development (New-York, 25 September 2015), the country members are
invited to measure, follow-up and achieve the 169 targets associated with the
17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), One of these Goals: Make Cities
and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable (Goal 11). In
particular, the monitoring of SDG 11.3 target. This paper explains how to apply
GIS (geographic information system) techniques, remote sensing processing
and census data to measure one of this target’s indicators: 11.3.1; ratio
between the land use consumption rate and population growth rate (LCRPGR).
The methodology of computing this indicator was applied on four different
cities in Egypt as a case study through satellite images and population data
for the last two Egypt’ census: years 2006 and 2017 to know and understand:
How these cities are growing? Where is the majority of urban growth
happening, in small towns with populations of less than 500,000 people or big
towns? How we track and manage urban growth? Finally does city growth
affect regional development, policies, and the infrastructure?

Keywords
SDG; remote sensing; indicator 11.3.1; Settlements; census data

1. Introduction
As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, Egypt like many countries
faces growing numbers of slum dwellers, agricultural land infringement,
worsening air quality and insufficient basic urban services, transportation and
infrastructure.
The Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS): Egypt Vision 2030 follows
the sustainable development goals as a general framework for improving the
quality of lives and welfare, dealing with three main dimensions; economic,
social, and environmental dimensions. One of these Goals: Make Cities and
Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable (Goal 11).
With the rapid increasing of population in Egypt (the annual population
growth is 2.56 %) the monitoring of SDG 11.3 target which aims to «enhance

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