Table des matières

Acknowledgments

Agnès Deboulet et Waleed Mansour

Introduction. Cities and Urban Regions: Central Actors in the Climate Crisis

• Despite Common Sense: Climate Change Factors and Impacts
• Cities and Climate Change in Local Agendas
• How Decisions Are Made
• Ways Out, Or: Smart Cities Won’t Save Us

Part I. Over-carbonization and Environmental Degradation: Middle Eastern Cities and Urban Regions under Vital Contradictions

David Sims

Greater Cairo and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• The Links between Urban Sprawl and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Egypt and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Greater Cairo’s Urban Sprawl and GHG emissions
• Current Sprawl and Residential Densities in the GCR
• GCR Sprawl and the Problem of Public Transport
• Summing Up: A GHG-Heavy Future for the GCR

Pascal Menoret

The Petroptimist: Dancing in the Ruins of Fossil Capitalism

• Saudi Cars and the Ecological Crisis
• Modernist Past and La La Land Future
• No Oil Determinism
• Void Is Counter-Insurgency
• The Master Plan Is the Monument
• The Petroptimists: Joyriders and Activists
• Conclusion

Ahmed Zaazaa

The Extractive Sector: Real Estate Urbanism in Greater Cairo and its Toll on the Environment

• A Global Trend
• Local Endorsement: Real Estate Policies in Egypt and the Aggravation of Environmental Degradation
• Trading the Surplus
• Quantifying the Environmental Price
• Setting Our Priorities

Tala Alaeddine et Abir Saksouk

Land Policy and Environmental Justice: The Case of Publicly Owned Properties in Lebanon

• Introduction
• Privatization: A Tool for the Oligarchy
• The Land We Stand to Lose to the Sovereign Fund
• The Attack on Amiri Lands
• Re-emphasizing the Bundle of Rights Embedded in Land

Sylvie Fanchette

Delta Vulnerability Linked to Climate and Environmental Changes: Metropolization Challenges in Asian and Nile Deltas

• Deltas Are Large Economic Hubs and Rice Bowls
• Increasing Vulnerability Linked to Climate Change and Unsustainable Policies
• Maritime Flooding
• Coastal Nile Delta at Risk because of Sea-Level Rise and Urban Management Policies
• River Flooding: Metropolises at Risk
• Unsustainable Development of Deltaic Cities and Environmentally Destructive Practices
• Urban Risk Assessment Plans and Their Implementation
• How Deltaic Cities Can Adapt or Maladapt to Environmental Changes Linked to Climate Change
• Adaptation Governance Changes: The Case of Egypt
• Conclusion

Florian Bonnefoi

Adapting to Climate Change: For a Social Approach to Coastal Defence Structures in the Nile Delta

• Introduction
• A Particularly Vulnerable Urbanized Coastline
• A Densely Populated Strategic Area
• Coastal Cities Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Change
• A Concrete Coast: Towards a New Nature–Society Interface?
• Benefits and Disadvantages of Engineering Structures
• Towards a Coastal Landscape of Concrete
• Social Practices of Concrete Blocks
• A Renewal of Values Associated with Risk?
• Increased Vulnerability?
• Conclusion

Dalila Ghodbane

Building Climate Resilience, Literally: Learning from How Households Renovate in Cairo

• Introduction
• Builders and Renovators without Architects
• Magda
• Sawsan
• The Architects
• The Muqawil
• From the Building to the City’s Climate
• Conclusion

Romani Badir et Bénédicte Florin

Useful! For a Recognition of Waste Pickers in the Circular Economy

• An Indispensable But Unrecognized Community
• The Rise of Manshiyet Nasser: A Quasi-Industry of Recycling
• The Role of Pigs and Movements of Materials in the Circular Economy
• The Professionalization of the Zabbaleen
• Recycling as a Profession and Its Impact

Part II. Paths for De-carbonization and Biodiversity Recovery

León Díaz-Bone

Sustainable Urbanization as a Key to Advancing International Climate Agreements

• Introduction
• About ICLEI
• ICLEI and Its Role in the UN System
• The Role and Recognition of Cities in the UNFCCC COP Process
• Outlook towards UNFCCC COP27

Nabeel El Hady

Addressing Waste as a Basis for Regenerative Transformations

• Introduction
• Understanding Waste Production
• Waste and Consumption
• Waste as a Threat to Life Systems on Earth
• Can Mit Rahina Teach Us Something about Waste (and Biodiversity)?
• Conclusion

Eric Huybrechts

Planning Megacities Facing Climate Change

• Introduction
• Megacities Facing Climate Change
• Difficult Management of Crises
• Climate Change and Resilience
• Mitigation in Mobility and Transport
• Megacities’ Achievements in Terms of the Sustainable Development Goals

Laila Iskandar

Informal Settlements: Home to Cities’ Principal Recyclers/Waste Managers and Climate Champions

• Introduction
• Informal Housing and Informal Recycling
• Relocation Is Not the Solution for Climate Change Adaptation
• Waste and Climate Change

Heba Attia Mousa

The Making of the Egyptian Cycling Scene

• Introduction
• The Built Environment
• The Social Environment
• The Policy Environment

Mohammed Abosira, Ibrahim Garcia, Iman Hassan et al.

Urban Inclusion and Environmentally Responsive Architecture: Creating a Women-Friendly Space in Izbat al-Burg, Damietta

• Introduction
• Area Profile
• Historical and Socio-Economic Background
• Project Background
• Project Area
• Stepping Stones to a Transformative Intervention
• Multidisciplinary Study and Findings
• An Interactive Safe Space: Tackling Urban Inclusion and Environmentally Responsive Architecture
• Conclusion

Ragia El-Gerzawy

Air Pollution and Climate Change: Two Sides of the Same Coin

• Introduction
• Mitigating Climate Change
• What Needs to Be Done

Ahmed El Dorghamy

Heat Island Effects and Cities