This book considers the socio-cultural and economic dynamics of historical conservation with respect to what is sometimes called 'Islamic Cairo'. It aims to re-assess and to challenge the upgrading and modi cation processes recently affecting the urban and social fabric of Cairo's Historical City. Further, the study seeks to incorporate the district's cultural diversity in the city's future urban development. Despite the availability of the 1980 UNESCO Plan and the 1997 UNDP Plan for Historical Cairo's rehabilitation, government policies remain insufficient and fragmentary with a tendency to...

This book examines the housing crisis within Greater Cairos metropolitan communities. The impact of the Greater Cairo Master Plan and New Towns Policy on the housing crisis is investigated focusing especially on New Cairo City, to the east of downtown Cairo. New Cairo City was established as a result of merging Greater Cairo Master Plans three eastern New Settlements, creating a large suburban community. To a certain extent New Cairo City, whilst replicating old social divisions and unresolved housing problems and ghettoisation, would appear to encapsulate most of the features and problems of...