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UNDERSTANDING CAIRO
THE LOGIC OF A CITY OUT OF CONTROL |
| By: |
David Sims |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£29.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9774164040 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789774164040 |
| Publisher: |
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2011 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
Trying to make sense of the urban giant that is Cairo |
| Synopsis: |
Trying to make sense of the urban giant that is Cairo 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 failed attempts of the State to create the new, modern Egypt in the deserts surrounding Cairo and their unintended consequences as a colossal speculative frontier are given a special focus. 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 |
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Egypt |
| Imprint: |
The American University in Cairo Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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