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100	1		_aSims, David.
245	1	0	_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, _c2012.
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.
650		0	_aUrbanization _zEgypt _zCairo.
650		0	_aUrban sociology _zEgypt _zCairo.
650		0	_aCity planning _zEgypt _zCairo.
651		0	_aCairo (Egypt) _xDescription and travel.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://openisbn.com/isbn/9774165535/
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