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Manchester Ship Canal : back to the future for disused European waterways (2021)
Book
Elkadi, H., & Biscaya, S. (2021). H. Elkadi, & S. Biscaya (Eds.), Manchester Ship Canal : back to the future for disused European waterways. Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5445/KSP/1000129076

This book investigates how urban/rural patterns provide differing conditions for living and working. The project is to read and analyse these urban/rural settlement structures and provide insight into the patterns of living and working that have form... Read More about Manchester Ship Canal : back to the future for disused European waterways.

Exploring Social Capital within Damietta’s furniture industry value chain as mode of community currency (2021)
Journal Article
Heysham, N., Elkadi, H., & Biscaya, S. (2021). Exploring Social Capital within Damietta’s furniture industry value chain as mode of community currency. International journal of community currency research, 25(1), 52-67. https://doi.org/10.15133/j.ijccr.2021.004

Social Capital contributes to the development of professions as well as communities, especially in small scale urban settings with a dense interlocking social structure. Within industry-based communities, a strong Social Capital Network acts as a bas... Read More about Exploring Social Capital within Damietta’s furniture industry value chain as mode of community currency.

Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration (2017)
Book Chapter
Heysham, N. (2017). Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration. In G. Rodriguez, C. Brebbia, & D. Almorza (Eds.), Coastal Cities and Their Sustainable Future II (73-83). WIT Press. https://doi.org/10.2495/CC170081

Alexandria is one of the largest cities in Egypt in terms of population and urban density, second only to Cairo. Since its origination in the 300s BC, it has been one of the biggest metropolises in the ancient world, culturally, intellectually, pol... Read More about Alexandria’s cultural landscapes : historical parks between originality and deterioration.

Egyptian historical parks, authenticity vs. change in Cairo's cultural landscapes (2016)
Journal Article
Heysham, N. (2016). Egyptian historical parks, authenticity vs. change in Cairo's cultural landscapes. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 225, 391-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.06.086

As a historically intense country, Egypt's built environment has always been the focus of plentiful urban research. However, the natural component in the urban fabric of Egyptian cities has been undermined and understudied in between all the numerous... Read More about Egyptian historical parks, authenticity vs. change in Cairo's cultural landscapes.

Establishing a process for handling valuable landscapes : a comparative analysis for managing historical parks in Egypt (2016)
Journal Article
Heysham, N. (2016). Establishing a process for handling valuable landscapes : a comparative analysis for managing historical parks in Egypt. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 225, 376-390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.06.085

The preservation of Cultural Heritage in historically rich third world countries is a complex issue. Historical urban parks in particular face various challenges relating to management and evaluation. This paper tackles formulating a pragmatic proces... Read More about Establishing a process for handling valuable landscapes : a comparative analysis for managing historical parks in Egypt.