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Development of a GIS tool for qualitative assessment of the Egyptian’s quality of life

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A frame work was presented for the assessment of the quality of life through the development of different indicators applied for Egypt. This paper focuses on the assessment of the quality of life using previously developed indicators in the first part of the study. A GIS user-friendly interface was developed to enhance the presentation of the study. This enables non technical users to directly use the developed GIS application to explore different concerns.

Three cases were demonstrated in this paper, where an assessment of the quality of life of farmers, civilians, and agricultural investors was attained under specific scenario in each case. Assessment for other cases can still be made by browsing through the dropdown menu for each interest group under the selected scenario. Based on the demonstrated results for the three groups of people, it was found that the quality of life for a certain group of people under the strict scenario is in general less than the quality of life for the same group under the relax scenario.

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  1. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, the University of Melbourne, Uni-3010, Victoria, Australia

    Amgad Elmahdi

  2. Strategic Research Unit, National Water Research Center, Egypt, Delta Barrage

    Assem Afify

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Elmahdi, A., Afify, A. Development of a GIS tool for qualitative assessment of the Egyptian’s quality of life. Environmentalist 27, 183–194 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-007-9028-5

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