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001 2012288479
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050 00 $aDT143$b.S36 2012
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100 1 $aSims, David.
245 10 $aUnderstanding Cairo :$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.
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.
651 0 $aCairo (Egypt)$xDescription and travel.
650 0 $aUrbanization$zEgypt$zCairo.
650 0 $aSociology, Urban$zEgypt$zCairo.
650 0 $aCity planning$zEgypt$zCairo.
700 1 $aAbu-Lughod, Janet L.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2012288479-t.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2012288479-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1407/2012288479-b.html