| Title:
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CAIRO
REVITALISING A HISTORIC METROPOLIS |
| By: |
Stefano Bianca (Editor), Philip Jodidio (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£30.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
8842212350 |
| ISBN 13: |
9788842212355 |
| Publisher: |
UMBERTO ALLEMANDI & CO |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1999 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised ed. |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
This text discusses the original plan for the Azhar Park approved in 1990 and the park's subsequent creation, as well as the restoration of a large part of the old Ayyubid city walls. Also included is a socio-economic study of the district of al-Dard-al-Ahmar. |
| Synopsis: |
In 1984 the Aga Khan offered the Mayor of Cairo the creation of a large urban park: thirty-one hectares bounded by the Citadel and the Ayyubid city walls. This grandiose urbanistic, archaeological and socio-economic initiative will profoundly alter the quality of life in one of the most densely inhabited districts of Cairo, and will also have a considerable revitalising effect on the whole metropolis. This book documents every aspect of this model undertaking. |
| Illustrations: |
100 colour and 150 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
Italy |
| Imprint: |
Umberto Allemandi & Co |
| Returns: |
Returnable |