The evolving Arab city : tradition, modernity and urban development /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Elsheshtawy, Yasser
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Colección:Planning, history, and the environment series.
Temas:
City planning > Arab countries.
Cities and towns > Arab countries.
Villes > États arabes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Regional Planning.
Cities and towns
City planning
Arab countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The great divide: struggling and emerging cities in the Arab world
  • The new arab metropolis: a new research agenda
  • Amman: disguised genealogy and recent urban restructuring and neoliberal threats
  • From regional node to backwater and back to uncertainty: Beirut, 1943-2006
  • Rabat: from capital to global metropolis
  • Riyadh: a city of "institutional" architecture
  • Kuwait: learning from a globalized city
  • Manama: the metamorphosis of an Arab Gulf city
  • Rediscovering the island: Doha's urbanity from pearls to spectacle
  • Cities of sand and fog: Abu Dhabi's global ambitions.

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