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Living with heritage in Cairo : area conservation in the Arab-Islamic city

Sedky, Ahmed

Overview

\"The Arab - Islamic city has been always a glamorous urban dream in human cultural memory. This is manifested in Cairo, the world's largest medieval urban system where traditional lifestyles are still implemented. Nevertheless, despite the extensive efforts to preserve Historic Cairo, it is sadly vulnerable. Ahmed Sedky investigates the reasons behind this condition, exploring and comparing regional and international case studies. Questions such as how and what to conserve are raised and elaborated through the perspectives of different stakeholders. A resulting evaluative framework is accumulated that underpins the criteria for assessing area conservation in the Arab - Islamic context and that can be used to delineate the causes responsible for the present condition of Historic Cairo.\" -- Book jacket.

• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Subject: Historic buildings Conservation and restoration Egypt Cairo. / Islamic architecture Egypt Cairo. / City planning Egypt Cairo. / Cairo (Egypt) Buildings, structures, etc. Conservation and restoration.
• ISBN: 9789774162459, 9774162455

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DT143.S44 2009	1	BOOK	ARTS