Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Cairo's historical old districts; Redefining modern discourse in historical Cairo; How well are we repairing places?; (Re)connecting with Cairo; Notes; 1 Spatial quality and the remaking of urban experience in Cairo; Why is spatial quality important?; Reading space to understand its quality: Defining the scene; Constructing the continuum of making spatial quality; Fields of integration; Sense of place; Physical configuration of space; Activity; Homogeneity and fragmentation of spatial quality in historic districts of Cairo
(Re)making places in response to socio-cultural needsRealities of the practice: Fostering dialogues; Notes; 2 Reconfiguring Bulaq; Bulaq Abul Ela: History of the place; The hara is the land: Decline in Bulaq's spatial quality; The question of change in Cairo's urban structure; Applying modernisation ideals in the 19th century; Clearing the ishash; Proposal for clearance and reconstruction of Bulaq; Notes; 3 Resurgence planning in revolutionary Egypt: the Bulaq scheme of 1966; The free officers revolution: New visions of change; Bulaq Abul Ela urban settings: 1947-1970
The re-planning scheme: Plan 20201967: Work stops; Notes; 4 Shifting towards liberalisation: the Bulaq scheme of 1978; Cairo's construction boom and rebuilding a modern capital; Groundwork for the scheme; A close-up in Bulaq plan 42; Riverfront zone special amendments; Ishash al-Tourguman re-planning scheme; Notes; 5 Old versus new: Bulaq Abul Ela scheme of 2005; Visions of remaking: Strategies for the 21st century; On the move; Preliminary plan; Engineering and traffic planning department -- special considerations
Consultation and approval: Areas of disagreement with the local people's councilBulaq's final plan: Plan 3133; Road amendments; Riverfront and Ramlet Bulaq zones; Notes; 6 Institutions of planning development in Cairo; Institutional reliability for remaking spatial quality; Origins of planning practices in Cairo; Establishment of institutional planning organisations: In search of order (1952-1970); Shift towards capitalism; Implications of new order: Position of hay Bulaq; Remaking quality in Egypt; Notes; 7 Legislative framework of planning control for spatial quality
Legislating for spatial qualityUpgrading and renewing spatial settings; Standardisation of physical quality; Right to spatial quality; Control of land use; Shortcomings and limitations of spatial quality legislation; Could unification of building codes provide a way out?; Notes; 8 Revealing quality in the Cairene context: local voices; Reconsidering quality in Cairo's old districts; Stakeholders' conception of (re)making places; Streets and safety; Eviction and relocation; Economy and use of public space; Negotiating the urban space; The planners' conception; The practice of planning
