THE USE OF QUARTET ANALYSIS TOOL (SWOT) IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EXPERIMENT OF THE CONSERVATION ON HISTORIC AL-DARB AL-AHMAR AREA IN CAIRO

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Al-Darb Al-Ahmar area is the most important historic areas in Cairo city in order to fit on many
archaeological and historical buildings from different eras as well as it includes old buildings and
houses with distinct value in style and decoration architecture, the area has exposed to the deterioration
and neglect for many years. So the Aga Khan foundation and other common entities have to intervene in
the area in the form of various development programs, and by contributing to the revival and
development project of Al-Darb Al-Ahmar area as one of the most important local experiments in the
conservation on the historical areas. However, the conservation experiment also did not continue due to
several factors led to the deterioration of the area again, and thus this experiment needs to analyze and
evaluate to ensure the continuity of intervention policies from the perspective of the three sustainability
fields (urban -economic-social). One of the strategic analysis tools has been using - Based on statistics
and surveys' the development of Darb El Ahmar community Company conducted by region and
personal interviews from researchers with the responsible for the area to monitor the ongoing variables -
-which is a quartet analysis (SWOT). Where it can be applied to urban, economic and social fields
which are used by many Arab and foreign countries in the successful conservation historical areas
projects to ensure its sustainability and it is qualified to indicate the positive and negative experience
aspects and thus benefit from it in similar experiences to conservation on the historical areas in Egypt.

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JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences
Volume 43, No 1
January and February 2015
Pages 104-124

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