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Table 1 Reasons for the emergence of slums

From: Strategic actions of urban development to define the intervention policies of slums

Compulsive motives

Citizens are forced to resort to slum lodgings, as in cases of earthquakes, disasters, and house collapses which forces residents to erect wooden or tin stalls next to the lodgings that have been destroyed or cleared. Besides, some residents may resort to lodging tombs or establish camps on the outskirts of cities without state intervention until a house is arranged (Pelz et al. 2019)

Economic motives

It is the internal migration from the original home to a new one in pursuit of livelihood (Pelz et al. 2019)

Investment motives

Squatters divide the land space and sell it in order to achieve quick gains. In addition, some farmers who own agricultural land on the outskirts of the urban blocs bulldoze their lands and sell the silt layer to the red brick factories, then sell the lands to an investor to divide them into small pieces and sell them. Thus, the agricultural land is gradually transformed into a slum area (Fig. 1). These lands are not often planned or prepared as a residential community