the logic of a city out of control
Edición de la obra Understanding Cairo
| Autor | David Sims |
|---|---|
| Editorial | The American University in Cairo Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2010 |
| Lugar | Cairo, New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 335 |
| ISBN-13 | 9789774164040 |
| ISBN-10 | 9774164040 |
| OCLC | 703216435 |
| LCCN | 2011280079 |
| Número de Cutter | S614u |
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.