Department of

Planning & Urban

Design
Landscape
Architecture

Urban Economy
UPL 556
By

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

What do you
expect from
this course
By

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

Introduction
Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

By

Overall aims of course

By the end of the course, you will be able to:
Understand principles of urban economy.
Identify urban, social, political, economic and
environmental problems.
Evaluate and assess demographic and economic growth,
trends and policies.
Relate and connect socio-political, socioeconomic issues
to Urbanism.
Handle process and document data (infer and predict).
Share ideas and communicate with others

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

Introduction
Department of
Planning & Urban
Design

Contents

Landscape
Architecture

No

1
2
3
4
5
7

Course Content

Introduction to urban economy

Principles of urban economy
Data collection techniques and
analysis
Theory of Supply and Demand
Theories of urban economy
Urban and rural economy
Total

Lecture
(hours)

Tutorial
(hours)

Total
(hours)

3
6

3
6
9

6
8
6
29

6
12
2
29

12
20
8
58*

By

Dr. Samy Afifi

* +2 hrs. for mid-term

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

Human Needs
revisit

By

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556


Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

.. human needs

What are your needs?

What are my needs?

What are our needs?
By

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

.. human needs

Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Self-

Actualization

Esteem

Belonging & Social

Needs

Safety & Security

By

Physiological needs

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

.. human needs

Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

SelfActualization

Esteem

Physiological needs

Belonging & Social

Needs

Safety & Security

Physiological needs

By

They have priority over other needs because they are

essential for survival.
Physical needs include shelter, food, water, and rest.
They are sometimes called basic needs or primary
needs.

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

.. human needs

Department of
Planning & Urban
Design

SelfActualization

Esteem

Safety & Security

Landscape
Architecture

Belonging & Social

Needs

Safety & Security

Physiological needs

By

Personal security
Financial security
Health and well-being
Safety net against accidents/illness and their
adverse impacts

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

.. human needs

Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

SelfActualization

Esteem

Belonging & Social Needs

Belonging &
Social Needs
Safety & Security

Physiological needs

By

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Humans need to feel a sense of belonging and

acceptance among their social groups, regardless
whether these groups are large or small.
Some large social groups may include clubs, coworkers,
religious
groups,
professional
organizations, and sports teams.
Some examples of small social connections
include family members and colleagues.
Urban Economy UPL 556

.. human needs

Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

SelfActualization

Esteem

Esteem

Belonging & Social

Needs

Safety & Security

Physiological needs

By

You need to feel esteem, the respect, admiration,

and high regard of/to others.
You also need self-esteem, awareness and
appreciation of your own worth.

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

.. human needs

Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

SelfActualization

Esteem

Self-Actualization

Belonging & Social

Needs

Safety & Security

Physiological needs

By

When you meet the need for self-actualization,

The desire to accomplish everything that one
can, to become the most that one can be
You have become the best you can be, and you
are doing what you do best.

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

.. human needs

Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

What about.
Beauty
Self-Expression
Creativity

By

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

Introduction
Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

SelfActualization

Esteem

Belonging & Social

Needs

Safety & Security

By

Physiological needs

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Urban Economy UPL 556

Introduction
Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

What is your needs?

What is my needs?
What is our needs?
By

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU

Are these needs unchangeable?

Urban Economy UPL 556

Department of
Planning & Urban
Design
Landscape
Architecture

..

By

Dr. Samy Afifi

Ass. Professor
UPD, FoE, ASU