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Towards Management and Preservation of Egyptian Cultural Landscape Sites – Case Study: Siwa Oasis

Research Authors
Eslam M. Nofal
Research Member
Research Year
2011
Research Journal
EACH: 5th International Congress “Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin”, Istanbul, Turkey
Research Rank
3
Research Abstract

The problem can be summarized in the lack of information, including the sequence steps for management and preservation of the cultural heritage landscape sites in Egypt. Also, the lack of coordination between the government, the associations which are looking after with culture landscape, GIS designers, archaeologists and the public for management the cultural landscapes sites and their preservation.
So, the paper has tried to put some of central research questions:
Is it possible to reach a common framework means the management and preservation of cultural heritage landscape sites in Egypt, in order to make a valorization for such these sites?
Could the application of this common framework on “Siwa Oasis” help to develop and upgrade this framework?
The paper aims to find the possibility of reaching a common framework for the formulation of management and preservation of cultural heritage landscape sites in Egypt in order to make a valorization for such these sites.
After that, the paper made an application on a cultural heritage site “Siwa Oasis”, which aims to reach an urban upgrading, humanity upgrading and adaptation of the heritage places for the selected case study.