Challenges of Social Sustainability in Neo-liberal Cairo: Re- Questioning the Role of Public Space

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• 作者：Mennat-Allah El-Husseiny^a ; ^{mennatallahelhusseiny@gmail.com} ; Karim Kesseiba^b
• 关键词：Social sustainability ; neoliberalism ; public spaces ; gated communities
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：19 December, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：68
• 期：Complete
• 页码：790-803
• 全文大小：2221 K

文摘

Public space has been always regarded as a reflection of the social status of the community. Based on this assumption, the challenge for achieving a ¡®socially sustainable¡¯ community in neo-liberal Cairo is in need to be re- questioned in relation to the role of public spaces. This is relevant in the shadows of the socio-political transformations of post-revolutionary Cairene society. Accordingly, the paper explores the role of public-space in maintaining the social sustenance in the extreme ends of Cairo's social structure, first: the gated communities taking ¡®Beverly Hills¡¯ as a prototype, and second the informal areas taking ¡®Al-Zahraa¡¯ district a prototype.