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Urban renewal of heritage sites and re-planning of waterfronts in historical areas “case study of the vicinity of the historic Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria – Egypt”

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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The rehabilitation of heritage sites in line with the revival of the historical waterfronts. The study focuses on the Qaitbay Citadel area as an urban model as one of the most important historical cultural tourism areas in Alexandria and how to maintain the continuity and development of tourism with its cultural heritage value. Within an integrated framework for preserving the urban heritage of historic waterfronts, a new design proposal has been conducted to preserve the urban heritage, while keeping pace with the functional tourism requirements of the area. Furthermore, reviews the analysis of the physical and design conditions based on old maps, photographs, questionnaires and a SWOT for rehabilitating the area to be an economic center and a tourist attraction

DOI

10.21608/idj.2022.209703

Keywords

waterfront, Landscape Design, Planning approaches, Public place, Urban renewal, heritage sites, Restoration policies and sustainable development

Authors

First Name

Amira

Last Name

Helmy Almaz

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Affiliation

Architecture Department Faculty of Engineering Horus University in Egypt

Email

aalmaz@horus.edu.eg

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000-0002-2373-0255

First Name

Riham

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Salah

Affiliation

lecturer of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Horus University.

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rsalah@horus.edu.eg

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Volume

12

Article Issue

1

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29487

Issue Date

2022-01-01

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2021-10-14

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

77

Page End

87

Print ISSN

2090-9632

Online ISSN

2090-9640

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IDJ_Volume 12_Issue 1_Pages 77-87.pdf

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1,217

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International Design Journal

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https://idj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Urban renewal of heritage sites and re-planning of waterfronts in historical areas “case study of the vicinity of the historic Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria – Egypt”

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22 Jan 2023