What is it about?
Informal Areas in Cairo occupy important and vital locations especially sites overlooking the Nile. Residents of these sites do not have accessibility to the waterfront, they lack public spaces, which is a major element that create a better quality of life and inclusiveness.
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Why is it important?
The paper addresses a first initiative to participatory design, including resiedents in the decision making of how to deal with the waterfront
Perspectives
This paper discusses a real case study, that involved all stakeholders , it was important to document such an experience in an article that would inspire other urban designers in developing countries where they still suffer from the level of governance
Professor sahar Attia
Cairo University
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This page is a summary of: Accessible and Inclusive Public Space: The Regeneration of Waterfront in Informal Areas, Urban Research & Practice, June 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2017.1340509.
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