SOCIAL PROBLEMS RESULTING FROM URBAN OVERPOPULATION ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FAISAL DISTRICT, GIZA GOVERNORATE

The current study aims to identify the social problems resulting from population and urban congestion within the city (Giza) and the role played by population growth in exacerbating the problems of population congestion. The study relied on the descriptive analytical approach in monitoring the problems within the city. Therefore, three areas in the suburbs of Giza Governorate were selected (Kafr Tohormes, Saft El Laban, and Manshat El Bakary) as a geographical area to apply the questionnaire tool. The study reached a set of results, the most important of which is that population growth and population density play a major role in increasing the rates of population congestion within urban areas characterized by high density, which results in many problems in all aspects of life, and that population growth is the main driver for increasing rates of urbanization and urban growth. The study also concluded that congestion led to many problems affecting the infrastructure and public facilities, in addition to environmental problems, security problems, in addition to urban distortions and slums, and that congestion has negative effects on the other hand, such as poor psychological compatibility and poor adaptation to the surrounding environment, and difficulty in facing pressures. Psychological, inability to face problems and inability to make decisions.