cam a22 4500 528834878 CHVBK 20201025131018.0 180924s2018 gw ||||| |||| 00 |eng d 3-7913-5641-0 978-3-7913-5641-9 (RERO)R008844307 UKIIJ eng UKIIJ OHX RERO gevbaa rda DT143 .C35 2018 s1at rero s2ar rero Cairo renewing the historic city : the Aga Khan historic cities programme ed. by Philip Jodidio Munich Prestel 2018 272 p. ill. en noir et en coul. 29 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references This book reveals how the Aga Khan Development Network and its Historic Cities Programme transformed an area of Cairo's urban blight into a dynamic public space. Once a city of verdant gardens and parks, Cairo in the 1980s was severely overcrowded, economically struggling, and many of its inhabitants lived in unsanitary conditions. Historic Cairo, a World Heritage Site centered on the original Fatimid settlement of Cairo, has presented a challenge to conservationists and urban planners over the years as they have sought to protect the city's heritage while it remains a living city. Understanding how the process of decline could be reversed by restoring monuments and building a new park, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) set about revitalizing the Darb al Ahmar area and creating Al Azhar Park. This book features numerous scholarly contributors and authors who participated in the program, and shows how the conservation effort paid off in countless ways Aga Khan Development Network (RERO)B027627999 Architecture Conservation and restoration Egypt Cairo (RERO)B027628000 Architecture, Fatimid Egypt Cairo (RERO)B027628001 Islamic architecture Egypt Cairo (RERO)B026064647 Urban renewal Egypt Cairo (RERO)B027628002 Conservation et restauration (RERO)A021017147 rero Architecture (RERO)A021065128 rero Cairo (Egypt) Buildings, structures, etc (RERO)B025646570 Le Caire (Egypte) (RERO)A010169747 rero Études diverses (RERO)A022249905 rero Jodidio Philip 1954- (IDREF)02907116X Aga Khan Trust for Culture (IDREF)091614961 BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 RERO RE61002 RE61002 RE610020005 BAA 2786 RERO 700 1- Jodidio Philip 1954- (IDREF)02907116X RERO 710 2- Aga Khan Trust for Culture (IDREF)091614961