The story of Al-Azhar Park in Cairo, Egypt offers an interesting case study into how improving quality of life through parks and green spaces can lead to positive impacts in cultural and community development. Back in the 1980s, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture took to turning a derelict space in the middle of one of the densest and most open space deprived cities in the world into a central public space.
via City Parks Blog.
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