Demystifying Doha : on architecture and urbanism in an emerging city /

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Over the past decade or so, the wealth produced by Qatar's oil and gas exports has generated a construction development boom in its capital city of Doha and the surrounding vicinity. Since the late 1990s, the number of inhabitants has grown from less than 400,000 to more than 1.7 million today....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salama, Ashraf M. A.
Otros Autores: Wiedmann, Florian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Ashgate Publishing Company, 2013.
Temas:
Architecture > Qatar > Dawḥah.
Urbanization > Qatar > Dawḥah.
City planning > Qatar > Dawḥah.
Architecture > Qatar > Ad Dawḩah.
Urbanisation > Qatar > Ad Dawḩah.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Architecture
City planning
Social conditions
Urbanization
Dawḥah (Qatar) > Social conditions.
Qatar > Dawḥah
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Over the past decade or so, the wealth produced by Qatar's oil and gas exports has generated a construction development boom in its capital city of Doha and the surrounding vicinity. Since the late 1990s, the number of inhabitants has grown from less than 400,000 to more than 1.7 million today. In many respects, Doha is portrayed as an important emerging global capital in the Gulf region, which has been positioning and re-inventing itself on the map of international architecture and urbanism, with a global image of building clusters of glass office towers, as well as cultural and educational.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781409466352
1409466353
1315576503
9781315576503
1317152832
9781317152835
1317152824
9781317152828

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