Residential job in the city of Shubra Al-Khaimah

Document Type : Original Article

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Faculty of Arts, Cairo University Department of Geography

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Abstract:
The residential activity in the city of Shubra Al-Khaima has evolved during the previous periods, as the area of ​​the housing block developed in 1966 and it did not exceed 606 acres, reaching in 2008 to (2831.75 acres) a rate of 39.5% of the city's area.
- The current housing balance in the city of Shubra Al-Khaimah, which is represented in empty units, reached 87,853 housing units, and there are 107950 units allocated to the poor, and the number of government units reached 6,200 units in 2012, which were established by residents 42,618 housing units, and there are 3256 housing units that must be replaced which are poor units, and the percentage of buildings has reached Residential buildings to 86.5% of the total number of buildings in the city in 2017, which shows that housing activity within the city has overtaken other activities.
- With regard to housing levels in the city of Shubra Al-Khaimah, it is noted that the housing units for the poor are about 25% of the units, and the units for middle income 55%, while the housing units for those with high incomes are about 20% of the units.
- The land area of ​​the city is 417.30 acres and is available to provide housing and the presence of some agricultural lands with an area of ​​673.44 acres within the old block that can accommodate a limited number of housing units.

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