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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9789774165535 (pbk.) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9774165535 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
Indian Institute for Human Settlements-Bangalore |
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
Authentication code |
lccopycat |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
307.76096216 SIM |
Edition number |
23 |
Item number |
002163 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Sims, David. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Understanding Cairo : |
Remainder of title |
the logic of a city out of control / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
David Sims ; with a foreword by Janet Abu-Lughod. |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
1st paperback ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cairo ; |
-- |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
The American University in Cairo Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2012. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xxiii, 360 p. : |
Other physical details |
ill., maps, plans ; |
Dimensions |
23 cm. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
"With a new Postscript: Revolutionary Cairo one year on"-- Cover. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-345) and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Imaging 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 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
Trying 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 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Urbanization |
Geographic subdivision |
Egypt |
-- |
Cairo. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Urban sociology |
Geographic subdivision |
Egypt |
-- |
Cairo. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
City planning |
Geographic subdivision |
Egypt |
-- |
Cairo. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Cairo (Egypt) |
General subdivision |
Description and travel. |
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Materials specified |
Table of contents |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://openisbn.com/isbn/9774165535/">http://openisbn.com/isbn/9774165535/</a> |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type |
Book |