Dr. Tarek Wafiq, Egypt’s Housing and Urban Communities Minister, is inaugurating the International Conference for Planning and Urban Development Management in the Arab countries which is being held today in Cairo University and will last for three days.
Abdullah Al-Ali, Chairman, Board of Trustees and President of Arab Urban development Institute the scientific affiliate of Arab Towns Organization, Prof/ Hossam Kamal, Chairman of Cairo University and elite of experts and specialists in Urban Planning and Development in Egypt and Arab countries are participating in this conference.
The conference is discussing researches and studies which related to urban development management, Challenges of Sustainable Urban Development, and development problems on major Arab countries parties, Investment trends and priorities in urban centers, financing urban planning and infrastructure projects, as well as laws, regulations , mechanisms of urban development and the importance of legislation in supporting sustainable development.