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Reconstruction of the Beirut Central District (1984-1986)

1986 Synthesis document produced in the frame of the firm Oger-Liban in the beginning of 1986 on the reconstruction of Beirut Central District and kept confidential until now. At that time, continuing the detailed studies and the field works had become impossible because of the deterioration of the security situation and the crumbling down of […]

Financing urban development and municipal resources, in relation to migrations, urbanisation and poverty

  ESCWA November 2000 Research note presented to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA). It aims at setting a historical and economic framework for the debate on decentralisation and on the role of the finance of local authorities in the Middle East area. It highlights the socio-political particular features of the […]

Stakeholder Analysis and Social Assessment for the Proposed Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development Project

November 2001   Framing document prepared in collaboration with the urban planner Ms Maha Yahya and “Information International” for the CDR and the World bank, in view of implementing a loan from the WB to promote the cultural heritage of five cities in Lebanon (Tripoli, Jbeil, Saïda, Sour and Baalbeck). The report assesses the socioeconomic […]

Programming and Assessment of the economic impact of the Cultural heritage Project in Jbeil-Byblos

April 2002   Programming of intervention (140 Ko – in english) Economic impact assessment (100 Ko – in english) Report written during the second phase of the Cultural Heritage Project, in association with AAA (Atelier d’Architectes Associés) for the CDR and the World Bank. It includes the programming of the operation (that is presently being […]