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Abstract
Historic districts are symbols of the city’s image. Above and beyond their own cultural value they fulfill an important mission in modern urban development; they create the city’s identity and image. The heritage of these historic city centers are not only Material character, but also much more. Generally, the conservation of historic centers is fundamentally different from conservation of single monument. The historic centers, as living cities must meet the varying needs of citizens with sustainable transformations.
The complexity of urban rehabilitation comes from its cultural, social, economical, technical and institutional tasks that need coordinated investments by the government, residents, owners and other stakeholders to ensure maintenance and careful substitution of the built environment elements. Many outstanding historical buildings in Egyptian historic centers were systematically destroyed for economic purposes as they represent a hindrance to development. The absence of listing and documentation of historical heritage buildings, together with the lack of maintenance priorities and balance between functional needs and policies undertaken to preserve these buildings, lead to escalating assaults on such buildings. Italy was among the firsts to recognize officially the value of its heritage, and considering the historic centers as a special zone. While the issue of historic centers conservation is quite new in Egypt, the research will try to benefit from the more advanced Italian experience in this field starting from the second half of the twentieth century.
The main research question is How to protect the intermediate cities’ historic centers in Egypt? And how to give them a sustainable future? Trying to determine the guidelines of revitalization programs to achieve sustainable conservation and development of intermediate historic centers. The main goal of this research is to formulate, evaluate, and develop GUIDELINES for ”sustainable” comprehensive approach for architectural and urban conservation of the historic centers in the Intermediate Egyptian cities. The research hypotheses are; first that current efforts to protect the historic centers of intermediate cities in Egypt are not enough and they need immediate action to conserve them. And second that analyzing the more advanced Italian experience in historic centers’ urban conservation will give applicable results and guidelines which could be used in the Egyptian context