Revitalizing City Districts: Transformation Partnership for Urban Design and Architecture in Historic City Districts (The Urban Book Series)

This book explores the consequences of change in the urban form, the amalgam of the urban space and buildings and on the processes leading to planning and design. Urban form and its fabric result from a multitude of individual interests, ideas and decisions which in turn result in specific and locally diverse spatial arrangements. These processes which are shaping our built environment are embedded in and determined by different contexts of political, cultural and social-economic norms and values. Urban development and the transformation of urban structures are triggered by technological innovations, laws and taxes, new behaviors or the impact of environmental conditions as well as other factors. Based on case studies from Egypt and the Middle East, together with some cases from Germany and Turkey, this book covers a wide range of change processes focused on historic and inner city districts. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Port Said: Cosmopolitan Urban Rules and Architecture (1858–1930)....Pages 3-14 Port Said: A Cosmopolitan Heritage Under Threat....Pages 15-33 Strategies for the Preservation of the Heritage of the Suez Region and Port Said as World Heritage Site....Pages 35-51 Port Area Revitalization Wave and the Shores of the MENA Region....Pages 53-62 Revitalization of Old Cairo....Pages 63-73 Repurposing Vacant Buildings: The Case of Galata Greek School, Istanbul....Pages 75-85 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Informality and Revolution in the Public Realm of Egypt....Pages 89-101 The Transformation of Public Space in Historic Cities of the MENA Region....Pages 103-113 Challenges of Sustainable Urban Development and the Phenomenon of Densification in Cairo....Pages 115-126 Exploring Sustainable Densities in the Egyptian Academia....Pages 127-138 The Density Syndicate in Cape Town: The Case of Lotus Park....Pages 139-146 Challenges for Sustainable Development of Informal Settlements and of Desert New Towns in Cairo....Pages 147-169 Informal Urban Development in Cairo: A Parametric Urban Design and Daylight Quality Analysis of the El-Marg El-Gedida Area....Pages 171-189 Hebatalla Abouelfadl, Dalila Elkerdany, Christoph Wessling, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References.