strategies of reclaiming the public space. The assessment of
‘Post Occupancy Evaluation-POE’ is another necessity that
needs to be acknowledged by training state staff on how to
assess the impact of the implemented designs and physical
interventions on targeted spaces as well as documenting how
people are experiencing the improved quality of the new
spaces. ‘It is the process of enhancement of the citizenship in
a sustainable environment. It stems from integrated vision
that includes economic, physical, social and environmental
aspects and improves the quality of life. It is the best way to
revive the city center and an essential precondition for the
locality and acts as a catalyst for the city as a whole’ (Attia
et al. 2017).
Decisions regarding sustainability are increasingly
affecting how we redefine our public spaces, and the success
of a specific street as a public space does not only lay in the
hands of the urban planner or the architect. It also greatly
depends on how the people are using, embracing and sustainably managing the street itself after reclaiming it as a
street for all.
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Hillier, B. (2015). Space is the machine: A configurational theory of
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‘Post Occupancy Evaluation-POE’ is another necessity that
needs to be acknowledged by training state staff on how to
assess the impact of the implemented designs and physical
interventions on targeted spaces as well as documenting how
people are experiencing the improved quality of the new
spaces. ‘It is the process of enhancement of the citizenship in
a sustainable environment. It stems from integrated vision
that includes economic, physical, social and environmental
aspects and improves the quality of life. It is the best way to
revive the city center and an essential precondition for the
locality and acts as a catalyst for the city as a whole’ (Attia
et al. 2017).
Decisions regarding sustainability are increasingly
affecting how we redefine our public spaces, and the success
of a specific street as a public space does not only lay in the
hands of the urban planner or the architect. It also greatly
depends on how the people are using, embracing and sustainably managing the street itself after reclaiming it as a
street for all.
References
Abaza, M. (2017). Cairo: Restoration? and the limits of street politics.
Space and Culture, 20(2), 170–190. https://doi.org/10.1177/
1206331217697137.
Abdelhadi, A., El Nachar, E., & Safeieldin, H. (2009). Pedestrian street
life in historic Cairo authenticity and counterfeit. Revitalising Built
Environments: Requalifying Old Places for New Uses Proceedings,
International IAPS-CSBE & Housing Network, N1, 1–11.
AFP. (2017). IMF greenlights third $2bn tranche for Egypt. Retrieved
October 31, 2018 6:40 AM, https://www.thenational.ae/business/
economy/imf-greenlights-third-2bn-tranche-for-egypt-1.689503.
Alshenawy, H. (2017a). Mantiqti | Reports Al-Alfi Passageway- after
three years of development-is suffering after the Egyptian pound
floating. Retrieved August 16, 2018 (In Arabic), https://mantiqti.
cairolive.com.
Alshenawy, H. (2017b). The development of Al-Alfi street. Egyptian
Media Development Program (EMDP): Mantiqti. (In Arabic).
Alshenawy, H. (2018a). Mantiqti | Al-Alfi Passageway. Retrieved
August 16, 2018 (In Arabic), https://mantiqti.cairolive.com/, tag
Al-Alfi Passageways.
Alshenawy, H. (2018b). Mantiqti | News Cairo Governorate is
re-changing the broken tiles at Al-Alfi Passageways. Retrieved
August 18, 2018 (In Arabic), https://mantiqti.cairolive.com/.
Altrock, U. (2006) Spatial planning and urban development in the new
EU member states : from adjustment to reinvention, Ashgate.
Retrieved August 19, 2018 (In Arabic), https://www.routledge.com/
Spatial-Planning-and-Urban-Development-in-the-New-EU-MemberStates-From/Altrock-Guntner-Peters/p/book/9780754646846.
Attia, S., Shafik, Z., El Halafawy, A., Khalil, H. (2017) Urban
regeneration of public space—Al-Alfi street—Downtown cairo.
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 12
(4), 808–818.
Awatta, H. (2015). Whose Downtown is it anyway? The urban
transformation of Downtown cairo between state and non-state
stakeholders. Masters Thesis, The Department of Sustainable
Development, American University, Cairo, Egypt.
Basat, G., How public spaces will help change cities for the better |
Sustainable Cities. Retrieved July 30, 2018, http://blogs.worldbank.
org/sustainablecities/how-public-spaces-will-help-change-citiesbetter.
Braker, B. (2016) Hussien Al-Mimar street, The tale of a restricted
street. In Jane Jacobs 100, Her Legacy and Relevance in the 21st
Century. TU Delft conference. https://issuu.com/robertorocco/docs/
jane_jacobs_report.
Brundtland report. (1987). https://www.are.admin.ch/are/en/home/
sustainable-development/international-cooperation/2030agenda/un-_milestones-in-sustainable-development/1987–brundtland-report.html
Cairo and Giza: Then and now. (2015). Retrieved October 31, 2018
7:45 AM, https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2015/01/29/cairo-andgiza-then-and-now.
Citizen Commitment to Sustainability 2012–2022, Barcelona,
Barcelona City Council. (2012), http://www.sostenibilitatbcn.cat/
attachments/article/413/Commitment_22_UK_web.pdf.
CLUSTER. (n.d.). Retrieved October 31, 2018 3:00 PM, https://
clustercairo.org.
Cohen, S. (2017). The sustainable city, Columbia university press.
Coisson, E., Del Lesto, S., Gherri, B. (2016). Sustainable redevelopment
of public spaces in city centers: A bioclimatic approach. Procedia
Engineering, 161, 1852–1857. Retrieved August 19, 2018, https://
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705816329332.
Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival D-CAF, http://d-caf.org.
Eberhard, J. P. (2009). Brain landscape: The coexistence of neuroscience and architecture. New York: Oxford University Press.
El Khorazaty, T. (1998) Pedestrian streets: Cairo’s first serious
experiment with pedestrian streets Medina Premier Issue: Architecture, Interiors & Fine Arts. British Virgin Islands: Medina
Magazine, 73–75, https://archnet.org/publications/3361.
Gehl, J. (2010). Cities for people. Island Press.
Gehl, J., & Koch, J. (2011). Life between buildings: Using public
space. Washington, DC: Island Press.
Hemeid, B., & Kamel, B. (2013). Reclaiming urban settings: A
community based public space. OZ Magazine, 35(8), 38–43.
Hillier, B. (2015). Space is the machine: A configurational theory of
architecture. Cambridge University Press.
Hopkins, B. (2016). Annie street plaza to reopen to evening traffic;
Daytime lounging, Events to continue—For now | Hoodline.
Retrieved August 14, 2018, https://hoodline.com/2016/08/anniestreet-plaza-to-reopen-to-evening-traffic.
Jaber, S. (2013). URBAN STREETS—Towards sustainable mobility in
arabic cities, Dissertation—Doctoral engineering. Faculty of
Architecture and Urban Planning: The University of Stuttgart.
Jacobs, J. (2016). The death and life of great American cities. Vintage:
Reissue edition.
Kang’ethe, I. (n.d.) Urban public spaces as a tool for social sustainability
| Center for urban innovations. Retrieved August 19, 2018, http://
www.centerforurbaninnovations.com/content/urban-public-spacestool-social-sustainability.
KMPG International. (n.d.). The future of cities: measuring sustainability. Retrieved October 12, 2018, https://assets.kpmg.com/
content/dam/kpmg/pdf/2016/04/the-future-of-cities-measuringsustainability.pdf.
Kodak Passageway | Cairo Urban Initiatives Platform. (n.d.). Retrieved
August 13, 2018, https://passageways.clustermappinginitiative.org/
en/pilot-project/kodak-passageway.
Lefebvre, H., & Nicholson-Smith, D. (2009). The production of space.
Malden, MA: Blackwell.
MA urban design studio 16/17. (n.d.). Cairo Downtown passages—Kodak
maud.com/2016/12/05/maud-group-6-precedent-studies-in-tacticalurbanism/.
146
S. Ashour and B. Braker