Tactical Urbanism “A Pop-up Local Change for Cairo's Built Environment”

Elrahman, Ahmed S. Abd

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.12.032

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“…Tactic urbanism, sometimes referred to as placemaking or a pop-up, is a popular approach that enables collaboration with the public in creating design solutions. For example, placemaking was used in Luxor Street in Egypt to develop a tourist street [70], and in Christchurch, after the massive earthquake disruption, to rebuild temporary city structures [2]. Similarly, the Newmarket urbanism project in the UK implemented enquiry by design, adopted from the placemaking approach, to develop practical action plans to accomplish the city's vision statement [71].…”

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Mapping Participatory Methods in the Urban Development Process: A Systematic Review and Case-Based Evidence Analysis

2021

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Despite the fact that vulnerable communities are the most affected by unplanned cities, considerably less attention has been given to involving them in urban development in order to ensure equitable outcomes. In this regard, there is an urgent need for governments to introduce and enforce processes that allow citizens, including vulnerable communities, to participate in development planning and policymaking. However, at present, there is a lack of guidance for practitioners regarding the definition of a clear purpose of community engagement and the selection of appropriate participatory methods to fulfil the set purpose. This study provides a thorough account of the participatory methods that can be used to achieve various engagement goals throughout the urban development process. This structured literature review used 71 reports published from 2000 to 2020. The review revealed 34 participatory methods, wherein most of the methods are devoted to informing, consulting and involving communities, whilst only a few methods are available for interactive public participation that supports true collaboration and empowerment. The study identified 12 purposes of community engagement in urban development, and mapped the 34 participatory methods for achieving them. The analysed case studies showed that the current community engagement practices are mainly in the pre-design and briefing stages of the urban development processes, and that most projects are aiming to achieve the ‘inform’ and ‘consult’ levels of engagement, with a few aiming to achieve the ‘involve’ and ‘collaborate’ levels. This study shows that community engagement is often overlooked during the professional design, development and post-development phases. The paper presents an onion model which can be used by practitioners to choose appropriate participatory methods based on the intended urban development phase, the engagement level and the purpose of the community engagement.

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Mapping Participatory Methods in the Urban Development Process: A Systematic Review and Case-Based Evidence Analysis

2021

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“…In addition, there are evidence lately that tactic urbanism approach and placemaking can have a significant impact on the livability of Cairo. Numerous initiatives and movements are working towards livability and vividness of public spaces in Cairo through different approaches and aims (Abd Elrahman, 2016 ;Cluster, 2013;Mohamed, 2015). Its evitable that it cannot solve all the problems facing urban spaces in Cairo, however it can offer an opportunity to respond to some needs and raise awareness as well as communal support (Abd Elrahman, 2016 ; Mohamed, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Its evitable that it cannot solve all the problems facing urban spaces in Cairo, however it can offer an opportunity to respond to some needs and raise awareness as well as communal support (Abd Elrahman, 2016 ; Mohamed, 2015). Cairo's context offers responsive, robust and variant experimentation medium that can yield a positive impact rather than waiting for municipalities' development programs and plans (Abd Elrahman, 2016 ;Cluster, 2013). However, municipalities should tolerate the restraints and codified controls in the current legislation set up to encourage more pop-up experiments (Abd Elrahman, 2016 ).…”

Section: Public Realm and Community Revival In Cairo Egyptmentioning

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Prospects of Placemaking Progression in Arab cities

Keleg

2020

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Placemaking is a philosophical ideology that focuses on common and shared values among the different stakeholders aiming at providing better environment for the people. It is a hands-on tool that increases place attachment and yields places that reflect the local identities of the people and so transforms them into active players and local guardians. Several typologies of placemaking emerged overtime, but they are all people driven. On the contrary to public projects ideologies which are not certainly to be people driven at all times. In this regard, the research aims at investigating the different set ups in the Arab region in relation to placemaking philosophy. The study is discussing the two cases of Abu Dhabi and Cairo as two diverse contexts in the Arab region with different inputs and challenges. Despite the potentials revealed for the progression of placemaking in the two studied cities, the research argues that achieving the core philosophy of placemaking is still early in the Arab region. As it requires core and in-depth consideration of public realm production ideologies and its subsequent administrative set ups that would encourage inclusive and democratic process.

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“…Since a univocal definition for "pop-up environments" has not yet been defined, a new definition is proposed, taking into consideration the sources found in the literature. A pop-up environment can be defined as a physical structure or a space that emerges quickly, that is designed to be impermanent and constructed to adapt the space, and that is meant to fulfil the user's functional and aesthetics requirements [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25].…”

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“…Through the literature review, it appears clear that this topic has still not been studied extensively. The search settings using the keyword "pop-up" (used individually and in combination with "environments," "architecture," "housing," and "living system") produced only a few results [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. As evidence of this, it can be pointed out that there is no general definition of what "pop-up" actually means.…”

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Framework Conditions and Strategies for Pop-Up Environments in Urban Planning

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Fischer

Puhr

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Sustainability

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Urban strategies and the way cities are planned have changed throughout history, adapting to the needs of the inhabitants, infrastructure requirements, and advances in technology. Uses and customs of people and cities are changing and can evolve much faster than in the past, with the result that urban planning is often too slow to adequately meet the current needs of society. In this context, the development of pop-up environments for temporary developments could be a solution to meet the needs of flexibility, adaptation, and resilience of a city. This allows the urban planner to consider systems from a short-term perspective, fulfilling current needs without compromising the development of potentially different activities in the future. The purpose of this research work is to outline the general requirements of pop-up environments in urban developments that allow for adequate integration into urban planning strategies. Based on an extensive evaluation of the existing literature and a series of case studies, the paper analyzes the key elements that define the framework conditions of urban planning strategies for temporary developments that generate a positive impact on the overall urban system.

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Tactical Urbanism “A Pop-up Local Change for Cairo's Built Environment”

Cited by 22 publications

References 7 publications

Mapping Participatory Methods in the Urban Development Process: A Systematic Review and Case-Based Evidence Analysis

Mapping Participatory Methods in the Urban Development Process: A Systematic Review and Case-Based Evidence Analysis

Prospects of Placemaking Progression in Arab cities

Framework Conditions and Strategies for Pop-Up Environments in Urban Planning

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