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Site Management Concepts for Widan el Faras, Northern Fayoum, Egypt Prepared by NSCE With the close collaboration with Naguib Amin North South Consultant Exchange (NSCE) Work package 6: Egypt conservation concept: Management plan for Widan el-Faras Innovation acivity Report date: 06.06.2008 ISBN Grading: Open 978-82-7385-135-4 QuarryScapes deliverable number: 7 Number of pages: 40 + 489 (appendix) Map enclosures: Keywords: Faiyum Ancient quarries Basalt Protected area Egypt UNESCO site Ancient road Conservation QuarryScapes: Conservation of Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes in the Eastern Mediterranean QuarryScapes is the first project of its kind for addressing the importance of ancient quarry landscapes and raising the awareness of the urgent needs for protecting such sites. QuarryScapes will develop scientific and practical methodologies for documentation, characterisation and conservation of ancient quarry landscapes, raise the awareness of their significance and vulnerability and contribute to legal protection measures and sustainable management. Through case studies in Egypt, Jordan and Turkey, the project will address development of theoretical and practical methods pertaining to the major steps in the process of conservation: from recognition, investigation and assessment of significance, to understanding the risks, developing sound conservation and monitoring concepts, and suggesting mechanisms for sustainable management. The project is subdivided in ten work packages. Coordinator: The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) Partners: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), Belgium University College London (UCL), United Kingdom Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey Yarmouk University, Jordan (YU) North South Consultants Exchange (NSCE), Egypt Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) / Egyptian Antiquities Information System (EAIS) Università IUAV di Venezia, Italy Contract: EU FP6, INCO/MED 015416 Contact: QuarryScapes Project NGU Att: Tom Heldal N-7491 Trondheim Norway Phone: +4773904000 [email protected] www.quarryscapes.no 2 Table of Contents List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................ 5 1. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 6 2. STRATEGY ........................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Sustainability of the Site Management Planning and practices ................................................ 8 2.2 Building upon previously prepared documentation, projects and protection measures: .............. 8 2.3 Conducting coherent and comprehensive site assessment and analysis of existing conditions .... 8 2.4 Multidisciplinary approach ................................................................................................. 8 2.5 Relating Wīdān al Faras Site Management Planning to National Heritage protection policies and effort ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2.6 Setting a transparent, protective and efficient legal status for Wīdān Al Faras site ..................... 9 2.7 Undertaking priority urgent actions before long term interventions ......................................... 9 2.8 Applying international conventions guidelines ...................................................................... 9 2.9 Defining actors and executive agencies ................................................................................ 9 2.10 Involving stakeholders in all steps of preparation, validation and implementation of the Site Management Plan ........................................................................................................................ 9 2.11 Establishing extended site boundaries for Wīdān AL Faras .................................................. 10 2.12 Using GIS and advanced technical tools ............................................................................. 10 2.13 Maintenance and Monitoring ............................................................................................ 10 2.14 Systematic steps and content for the SMP ........................................................................... 10 2.15 Planning Diagrams ........................................................................................................ 12 3. EXISTING CONDITIONS AND SITE ASSESSMENT ................................................ 13 3.1 Archaeological and historical facts ..................................................................................... 13 3.2 Infringement and illegal quarrying ..................................................................................... 17 3.3 Site boundaries and buffer zone ......................................................................................... 17 3.4 Number and profile of visitors ........................................................................................... 18 3.5 Maps and GIS ................................................................................................................. 18 3.6 Institutional and administration development needs ............................................................. 18 3.7 Stakeholders .................................................................................................................... 19 4. ASSESSMENT OF WĪDĀN AL FARAS SIGNIFICANCE .......................................... 21 5. RISK ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................... 22 5.1 Background studies and overall risks ................................................................................. 22 5.2 Hazard from modern quarrying: ........................................................................................ 22 5.3 Hazard from Visitation ..................................................................................................... 23 5.4 Hazard from Neglect and Lack of Conservation .................................................................. 23 5.5 Main Risk Table: ............................................................................................................. 23 5.6 Priority of intervention ...................................................................................................... 23 6. FUTURE SITE LIMITS, BOUNDARIES AND BUFFER ZONES .............................. 25 6.1 Determination of site boundaries ....................................................................................... 25 6.2 Boundaries levels ............................................................................................................. 25 7. CONSERVATION MAINTENANCE ............................................................................... 26 8. ITINERARY AND CONTROL OF VISITORS' IMPACT .............................................. 27 8.1 Guiding concepts ............................................................................................................. 27 8.2 Controlling Visitors Impact ............................................................................................... 27 9. SIGNAGE AND PANELS ................................................................................................. 29 3 9.1 Guiding Concepts ............................................................................................................ 29 10. URBAN FURNITURE & ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS PLAN .......................... 30 11. SITE MARKETING PLAN ............................................................................................. 31 12. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ........................................................................................... 33 BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................................... 36 Annexes…………………………………………………………………………………………………...38 4 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Amlaak: SCA Department of Properties and Survey CMT: Center Site Management and Training Center of SCA: DoCoMoMo: International Committee for the Documentation and Conservation of Monuments and Sites of the Modern Movement EAIS: Egyptian Antiquities Information System EEAA: Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency GIS: Geographical Information System: GOPP: The General Organization of Physical Planning ICCROM: International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ICOMOS: International Council on Monuments and Sites IUCN: World Conservation Union (formerly the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) NGO: Non-governmental organization PC: SCA Permanent Committee QS: QuarryScapes Project SCA: The Supreme Council of Antiquities SMP : Wīdān Al Faras Site Management Plan UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNWTO: The United Nations World Tourism Organization WTO: World Tourism Organization 5 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WIDAN AL FARAS SITE MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND GUIDELINES (SMC) is a preliminary manual-like action plan developed through QuarryScapes project. It is indented to provide as a demonstration of adapted site management approaches and to guide in further developing, implementing and supervising comprehensive site management actions on the site. Strategic guiding principles in the conception and implementation of the SMP mainly emphasize the need :