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100 1 _aSims, David.
245 1 0 _aUnderstanding Cairo :
_bthe logic of a city out of control /
_cDavid Sims ; with a foreword by Janet Abu-Lughod.
250 _a1st paperback ed.
260 _aCairo ;
_aNew York :
_bThe American University in Cairo Press,
_cc2010, 2012.
265 _aauc book store.
300 _axxiii, 360 p. :
_bill., maps, plans ;
_c23 cm.
500 _a"With a new Postscript: Revolutionary Cairo one year on"-- Cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-345) and index.
505 0 _aImaging 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.
520 _aTrying 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.
650 0 _aUrbanization
_zEgypt
_zCairo.
650 0 _aSociology, Urban
_zEgypt
_zCairo.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zEgypt
_zCairo.
651 0 _aCairo (Egypt)
_xDescription and travel.
700 1 _aAbu-Lughod, Janet L.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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