Understanding Cairo : the logic of a city out of control / David Sims ; with a foreword by Janet Abu-Lughod.

Author
Sims, David [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st paperback ed.
Published/​Created
Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, ©2010, 2012.
Description
xxiii, 360 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm

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    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 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" -- Cover.
    Notes
    "With a new Postscript: Revolutionary Cairo one year on"-- Cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-345) and index.
    Contents
    • Imaging Cairo
    • Cairo is Egypt and Egypt is Cairo
    • A history of modern Cairo : three cities in one
    • Informal Cairo triumphant
    • Housing real and speculative
    • The desert city today
    • Working in the city
    • City on the move : a complementary informality?
    • Governing Cairo
    • Summing up : serendipity?
    • Postscript: revolutionary Cairo one year on.
    ISBN
    • 9789774165535 ((pbk.))
    • 9774165535
    LCCN
    2012288479
    OCLC
    795130064
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