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URBAN THEORY AND PRACTICE: THE CAIRO CASE STUDY (Articolo in rivista)

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Prodotto della ricerca (Classe)
Articolo in rivista (Classe)

Label

URBAN THEORY AND PRACTICE: THE CAIRO CASE STUDY (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

Anno

2009-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)

Alternative label

Vitolo Tiziana (2009)
URBAN THEORY AND PRACTICE: THE CAIRO CASE STUDY
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Vitolo Tiziana (literal)

Pagina inizio

303 (literal)

Pagina fine

312 (literal)

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9 (literal)

Rivista

BDC. Bollettino del Dipartimento di conservazione dei beni architettonici ed ambientali dell'università degli studi di Napoli (Rivista)

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ISSN 1121-2918 (literal)

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Vitolo Tiziana, Istituto di studi sulle società del Mediterraneo (literal)

Titolo

URBAN THEORY AND PRACTICE: THE CAIRO CASE STUDY (literal)

Abstract

Throughout history, urban societies have had to find ways to achieve social integration and urban development. However, the use of set analytical categories becomes more complex when contemporary societies are studied since the development process coincides with a progressive differentiation in the social structure. Market reciprocity, redistribution and exchange co-exist in present-day complex societies. Family, neighbourhood and ethnic economies may be described and interpreted, wholly or in part, as forms of reciprocity also in a contemporary metropolis. Redistribution brings to mind forms of the welfare state, but more generally problems of taxation and reallocation of resources to different parts of the economic and social system. Urban organisations and institutions take on different characters, and the traditional types which towns and cities are closest to, in their mix of different aspects, may also steer contemporary inquiry. However, to understand current complex cities we need to capture and explain the trends in institutional organisation and their diversifications. (literal)
This paper sustains the view that a single model of a Mediterranean city does not exist. Our analysis of Cairo is based on the dualism between analytical and normative approaches, and covers three main aspects: the impact of modernity and free market on the urban structure; the broadening of urban borders and the changes in the urban fabric; planning tools and urban practices to meet recent demands and new stakeholders. Finally, the analysis proposes some solutions which are completely new or have been successfully experimented in other case studies, suggested from the observation of local potential. In particular, our reflections are directed towards formal and informal networks: governmental institutions, civic associations and non-profit organisations. (literal)

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