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100	1	0	_aBen Othmane, Insaf _eauthor
700	1	0	_a Stadnicki, Roman _eauthor
245	0	0	_aOld recipes for new planning projects in Egypt: Is an “urban counterrevolution” underway?
260			_c2017.
500			_a22
520			_aThis article puts into perspective the extravagant and wide-ranging planning projects undertaken by Egypt’s new leader, President Sisi, as part of the country’s longest territorial planning period. Yet this planning strategy is a continuation of the vision of President Sisi’s predecessors. Moreover, this article points out the risks of reproducing the pitfalls of past territorial policies, characterized by the continual expansion of the informal sector. The paper discusses (i) the launch of several mega-projects at the highest levels of the state without any involvement of second parties or transparency, (ii) the growing local acceptance of punitive/security-oriented urban planning since 2011, mainly in downtown Cairo, and finally (iii) the current situation of urban activists who sprung from the revolutionary movement of 2011, and who are caught in an ambiguous relationship with the new power. This leads us to ask whether an urban counterrevolution is currently underway.
690			_aplanning
690			_aurban projects
690			_arevolution & counter-revolution
690			_aCairo
690			_apunitive urbanism
690			_aEgypt
786	0		_nMaghreb - Machrek | o 226 | 4 | 2017-03-31 | p. 11-31 | 1762-3162
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-maghreb-machrek-2015-4-page-11?lang=en
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