Port Said: A Cosmopolitan Heritage Under Threat

ElKerdany, Dalila

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“…The history of Port Said started in the 1858 when Ferdinand de Lesseps had founded the jointstock company, the Suez Canal Company (SCC), to build and operate a canal that connects between the Red and Mediterranean Seas. Consequently, the SCC was in charge of planning number of settlements along the route of the future canal, including Port Said, that mainly followed the British and French planning concepts and architectural styles, which was similar to the character given to the French colonies especially in west Africa (ElKerdany, 2017;Piaton, 2017).…”

Section: Port Said Urban Heritagementioning

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“…In 1863 the European quarter (Al Afrang) was gradually founded to host both foreigners and elite Egyptians that used to work for the SCC or in large trade organizations. The quarter was distinguished by its large building plots constructed on grid-iron patterned streets with radial main roads that lead to main squares (ElKerdany, 2017).…”

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“…The quarter comprised number of large open spaces, public gardens, and sporting clubs, which were located in large treed avenues with shopping malls and restaurants that extended to the streets' pavements (ElKerdany, 2017). The urban environment created in the quarter was far more inviting and humanistic, accommodating cultural activities and gatherings as well as religious practice.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Public Perception Influence on the Reshaping Urban Heritage: A Case Study of Port Said Historic Quarters

Fouad

Eldin

2021

Space and Culture

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Cultural heritage plays an important role in reshaping cities’ current morphologies, reinforcing public sense of belonging, cultural identity, and place authenticity. Port Said, the research case study, a former colonial city located at the edge of the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal at the north east Egyptian coast, is struggling between new urban sprawl that obliterates its identity and urban heritage preservation. Port Said is an important logistic city distinguished by its unique urban heritage, facing a real threat of heritage obliteration. There is a continuous fight between nostalgic memories, modern life style dreams, and aimed economic benefit. Although there is an international developing agenda for the preservation of tangible urban heritage, the local community can barely interfere with reshaping of urban heritage in the modern society. It is urgent to create public awareness and heritage guardians in developing countries as the economic benefits strongly demolish heritage, ignoring their significance and peculiarity. This research aims to investigate the city’s historical and urban development with special emphasis on buildings’ visual characteristics and architectural features. Visual preference survey research methodology is used to study public perception influence toward reshaping city historical image. The current study employs both qualitative and quantitative tactics in data collection to examine the research hypotheses and to achieve organized and rational local perception about Egyptian building heritage development. Finally, conclusions are drawn about the joining of current public perception of the Port Said heritages, urban identity and city unique reshaping and development.

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Section: Port Said Urban Heritagementioning

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Public Perception Influence on the Reshaping Urban Heritage: A Case Study of Port Said Historic Quarters

Fouad

Eldin

2021

Space and Culture

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“…The insanely increasing land value in Port Said, which is coupled with flourishing real estate investments, many heritage buildings in the city center have been demolished. Those buildings were replaced by mixed-use high-rise building (ElKerdany, 2017). These changes increased the urban mobility needs in the inner city and attracted more users beside the residents, such as shoppers, sellers, employees and clients.…”

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“…The Arab district was planned in a very dense way with highly systemic compartmented blocks and barely small urban spaces. On the other hand, Afrang district was planned on spacious plots through wide boulevards and greenery and hosts the governing offices and higher-class houses (ElKerdany, 2017). Figure 7 shows the urban fabric of the city.…”

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Assessing streetscape development effects on walking and cycling in historic contexts: the case study of Afrang district, Port Said, Egypt

ElSerafi

2023

OHI

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PurposeUrban mobility has substantially evolved in several western countries, shifting from interest in road expansion strategies to cater motorized movement to the emphasis on sustainable mobility. This is, however, not the case in several developing countries that still try to accommodate vehicular flows in inner historic cities. This paper aims at providing an assessment framework that helps in evaluating the effect of streetscape development on the walking and cycling environment in historic contexts.Design/methodology/approachThis research follows a two-phase methodology. Phase 1 is the investigation of the literature review including the streetscape design, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and indicators for the assessment of walking and cycling environment. This phase results in developing a set of indicators for the assessment. Phase 2 is the case study including, methods, steps and results of the assessment based on the output of Phase 1. This phase concludes with a discussion on the challenges and recommendations for the enhancement.FindingsThe streetscape development in Afrang was insufficient and negatively affected the walking and cycling environment. It was motorized-oriented, instead of enhancing green mobility. The interventions led to more crowds, safety risks and less pleasant experience. Moreover, the car users' experience was enhanced initially; however, the traffic situation did not persist. A sustainable urban mobility approach is necessary to be implemented with consideration to the global level and the relation to SDGs.Originality/valueThere is a gap in tackling the research problem both within the context of Port Said in particular and Egyptian context in general. Local authorities need a clear structured methodology to follow in the development of the streetscape. The assessment indicators gathered can be the basis for evaluating future plans.

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Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Urban Development: the Case of Port Said city in Egypt

Abouelmagd

Elrawy

2022

Cogent Social Sciences

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Port Said: A Cosmopolitan Heritage Under Threat

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Public Perception Influence on the Reshaping Urban Heritage: A Case Study of Port Said Historic Quarters

Public Perception Influence on the Reshaping Urban Heritage: A Case Study of Port Said Historic Quarters

Assessing streetscape development effects on walking and cycling in historic contexts: the case study of Afrang district, Port Said, Egypt

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Urban Development: the Case of Port Said city in Egypt

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