Social Bonding in Unsafe Areas and Territorial Stigmatization: The Case of Ghaba and Laslki Shelters in Ain el-Sira

Through analyzing the nature of risks the residents of Ghaba and Laslki shelters in Ain el Sira are exposed to, this paper attempts to investigate the extent of what the effect of social bonding on residents of two shelters lead them to both adapt to their worse socioeconomic conditions and reduce their feelings of territorial stigmatization.  
It relies on the theory of the territorial stigmatization of Loic Wacquant and Bourdieu's theory of 'symbolic power' as well as Goffman's model of the management of 'spoiled identity'. It, also, adopted Putnam's classification of social capital; bonding, bridging and linking. This paper conducted (6) Focus Groups Discussions (FGDs) with 49 of respondents in both shelters, added to one workshop and three interviews with employees of NGO.
The paper concluded that the principles of bonding social capital played a key role in the lives of residents of Laslki compared to Ghaba in tackling their problems. The implementation of such principles between residents positively contributed to their tackling the scarcity of opportunities and resources. Also, although the policy of development is the best policy for the philosophy of the urban planning, the removal policy that was followed in both shelters is the most appropriate solution in light of extremely poor conditions of such shelters.
The conclusion indicates the importance for the future researches to assess, through setting indicators, New Public Governance (NPG) in new cities where residents moved to for evaluating the degree of partnerships between all sectors for securing the sustainability for better future.