Selim The Emerging Politics of (Re) making Cairo’s Old Quarters

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-50625-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 270 Seiten

The Emerging Politics of (Re) making Cairo's Old Quarters examines postcolonial planning practices that aimed to modernise Cairo’s urban spaces. The author examines the expanding field of postcolonial urbanism by linking the state’s political ideologies and systems of governance with methods of spatial representations that aimed to transform the urban realm in Cairo. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the study draws on planning, history and politics to develop a distinctive account of postcolonial planning in Cairo following Egypt’s 1952 revolution. The book widely connects the ideological role of a different type of politicised urbanism practised during the days of Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak and the overarching policies, institutions and attitudes involved in the visions for (re) building a new nation in Egypt.

The book is divided into three parts – part one outlines the context and methodology; part two covers the account of remaking in Egypt, looking in detail at Cairo’s historical districts and the impact of the policies of the various regimes; part three investigates the reliability of the planning institute and the regulatory framework for the remaking process.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Selim, Gehan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Spatial Quality and the Remaking of the Urban Experience, 2. Remaking Urban Quality in Cairo and its Old Quarters: A Historical Perspective, 3. Resurgence Planning in Revolutionary Egypt, 4. Shifting Towards Liberalisation, 5. The Old Versus the New, 6. Institutions of Planning Development in Cairo, 7. The Legislative Framework for Planning Control of Spatial Quality, 8. Revealing Quality in the Cairene Context: the Local Voices, 9. Conclusion- Closing the Loop