TY - JOUR
KW - Alexandria [Egypt]
KW - Athens [Attica]
KW - Attica
KW - Cosmic urban forms
KW - Egypt
KW - GIS
KW - Greece
KW - heritage
KW - Palimpsest
KW - cultural heritage
KW - Public space
KW - town planning
KW - urban design
AU - Luna Khirfan
AB - This paper compares four layers of the urban form of Athens in Greece and Alexandria in Egypt and uses the palimpsest analogy and a methodology that combines town plan analysis and GIS to investigate the interactions between the symbolic significance of heritage, urban form, and the distinctive spirit of place The analyses reveal that the spirit of place remains constant as the urban form is reshaped They also reveal that reinterpretations of the symbolic significance of tangible and intangible heritage, combined with innovative designs and urban rituals, transform the emerging urban form into a contemporary cosmic one. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
DO - 10.1016/j.cities.2010.03.009
M1 - 5
N2 - This paper compares four layers of the urban form of Athens in Greece and Alexandria in Egypt and uses the palimpsest analogy and a methodology that combines town plan analysis and GIS to investigate the interactions between the symbolic significance of heritage, urban form, and the distinctive spirit of place The analyses reveal that the spirit of place remains constant as the urban form is reshaped They also reveal that reinterpretations of the symbolic significance of tangible and intangible heritage, combined with innovative designs and urban rituals, transform the emerging urban form into a contemporary cosmic one. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
SP - 315
EP - 325
TI - Traces on the palimpsest: Heritage and the urban forms of Athens and Alexandria
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77955556508&doi=10.1016%2fj.cities.2010.03.009&partnerID=40&md5=e14e1c5e34e1a8ed5900259c18b6d80a
VL - 27
SN - 02642751 (ISSN)
ER -