A proposed model for evaluating social sustainability in gated communities in Egypt using the network analysis process: Madinaty case study

The concept of Gated Communities emerged globally in the 1960s. In Egypt, these communities appeared as complete residential suburbs for the wealthy classes on the outskirts of Cairo, such as Maadi, Garden City, and New Cairo, serving as communities for the upper classes. The rapid growth of these communities has been accompanied by the emergence of some drawbacks that negatively impact the social sustainability of these gated urban communities.Many studies have addressed this phenomenon and why individuals reside in such communities, but few have evaluated their social sustainability. This research paper focuses on assessing the social sustainability of gated communities within the context of the characteristics of closed urban complexes using an Analytic Network Process (ANP) model .Through this analysis, researchers could assign relative weights to the impact of closed community features on achieving social sustainability and analyze the dynamics of social behavior and its correlation with urban characteristics. The model was applied to a community called "Madinaty" assessing its social sustainability, with the results showing an achievement of 67% of the social sustainability requirements. The findings highlighted the robust communal features that contribute to enhancement, along with weak aspects that require support and improvement of their efficiency