Eslam Nofal

Management and Preservation of Egyptian Cultural Landscape Sites: Case Study: Siwa Oasis Eslam Nofal

There exist a great variety of landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and humankind, they express a long and intimate relationship between peoples and their natural environment. To reveal and sustain the great diversity of the interactions between humans and their environment, to protect living traditional cultures and preserve the traces of those which have disappeared, these sites called Cultural Landscapes which testify to the creative genius, social development and the imaginative and spiritual vitality of humanity. They are part of our collective identity. In Egypt, there are a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of different regions. These Egyptians cultural landscapes sites vary from; built heritage, river banks, oases ecosystem, spectacular mountains, and also coastal, religious and industrialized cultural landscapes. The main aim of this book is to reach a common framework of management and preservation of cultural heritage landscape sites in Egypt in order to make a valorization for such these sites. Siwa Oasis has been studied as a case by analyzing its features and constraints for development.