ISBN:
0415411564
,
9780203696798
,
9780415411561
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 314 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Planning, history, and the environment series
Parallel Title:
Print version The Evolving Arab City : Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development
DDC:
306.760956
Keywords:
City planning
;
Cities and towns
Abstract:
This new collection reveals the contrasts and similarities between older, traditional Arab cities and the newer oil-stimulated cities of the Gulf in their search for development and a place in the world order
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Illustration Credits and Sources; The Contributors; Chapter 1 The Great Divide: Struggling and Emerging Cities in the Arab World; Chapter 2 The New Arab Metropolis: A New Research Agenda; Chapter 3 Amman: Disguised Genealogy and Recent Urban Restructuring and Neoliberal Threats; Chapter 4 From Regional Node to Backwater and Back to Uncertainty: Beirut, 1943-2006; Chapter 5 Rabat: From Capital to Global Metropolis; Chapter 6 Riyadh: A City of 'Institutional' Architecture; Chapter 7 Kuwait: Learning from a Globalized City
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8 Manama: The Metamorphosis of an Arab Gulf CityChapter 9 Rediscovering the Island: Doha's Urbanity from Pearls to Spectacle; Chapter 10 Cities of Sand and Fog: Abu Dhabi's Global Ambitions; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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