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Understanding Cairo: The Logic of a City Out of Control - Couverture souple

Sims, David

 
9789774165535: Understanding Cairo: The Logic of a City Out of Control
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9774165535 ISBN 13 : 9789774165535
Editeur : The American University in Cairo Press, 2012

Synopsis

This book moves beyond superficial generalizations about Cairo as a chaotic metropolis in the developing world into an analysis of the ways the city's eighteen million inhabitants have, in the face of a largely neglectful government, built and shaped their own city. Using a wealth of recent studies on Greater Cairo and a deep reading of informal urban processes, the city and its recent history are portrayed and mapped: the huge, spontaneous neighborhoods; housing; traffic and transport; city government; and its people and their enterprises. The book argues that understanding a city such as Cairo is not a daunting task as long as pre-conceived notions are discarded and care is taken to apprehend available information and to assess it with a critical eye. In the case of Cairo, this approach leads to a conclusion that the city can be considered a kind of success story, in spite of everything.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Sims is an American economist and urban planner who has led a number of studies about Cairo's urban development and housing.

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Éditeur
The American University in Cairo Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9774165535
ISBN 13 
9789774165535
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
388
Coordonnées du fabricant
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