Deteriorated housing conditions are found in large‐scale unplanned urban
areas, which reflect its deterioration upon the residents on many levels. In
city downtown, urban change problems are always accompanied with social
problems and declining housing conditions. These circumstances produce an
adverse impact on the environment, the human wellbeing and cause
poverty problems. Urban development and human wellbeing improving strategies must be
combined with widespread social security to provide an important cushion against poverty. The
health conditions for poor people in the developing countries must cope with droughts, floods,
illness, recession and civil strife.
Questions raised in studying these developing processes are as follows: how
can we control the housing state and the residential circumstances, in
addition to the poverty conditions in these areas? How can we improve the
deteriorated human wellbeing situation in the downtown areas? Can we insure
against poverty? Why are governments unable to finance recurrent costs of projects when
development assistance is withdrawn? Under what circumstances is it justifiable to continue
development assistance when the recipient is unable to finance its recurrent budget? Can we
investigate the links between the micro and macro levels of aid financed capacity building? Is
the issue of low salaries in the public sector sufficient for a long time and does it constitute a
major problem in all efforts to improve their institutional capacity? The research aims at
studying the impact of the unplanned urban change in the city downtown
upon the human wellbeing of its residents.