Eighth International Conference on The Constructed Environment

Abstract

This paper assesses the land tenure environment of Egypt in an attempt to discover policies and laws that can be customized to resolve conflicts resulting from land tenure. Systematic review of data on the land tenure environment of Egypt was collected at country level. This includes information on land access, land governance and tenure security, the actors involved in these processes, their roles, the land tenure related challenges they face, and measures that can be taken to address these challenges. To gain insight on the effect strategies and interactions of actors have on urban developments, three case areas were selected where land access, land governance, and tenure security were investigated in detail. In the context of Egypt, access to land is deemed with obstacles confronting beneficiaries and legal procedures that uncover dispute. Land governance institutions are drained and inefficient, often registering land improperly, causing disagreements on land ownership while competing to gain power of administrated land. Land tenure insecurity is encouraged because of vulnerable land rights and the mechanisms in place to make claims over land. By investigating the land tenure environment, conclusions could be drawn on how to improve the systems so that they can be used as development tools that decrease the probability of conflict to happen.