The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity & Urban Development/ Edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Planning, History and Environment SeriesPublication details: Routledge, Taylor & Francis; 2008Description: 314p; 25x18cmISBN:

9780415411561

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Case Studies

DDC classification:

307.1'21609174927--dc22

LOC classification:

HT147.5.E86 2008

Summary: Today cities of the Arab world are subject to many of the same problems as other world cities, yet too often they are ignored in studies of urbanisation. This 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. The eight cities which form the core of the book – Rabat, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Manama, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh – provide a unique insight into today’s Middle Eastern city. Winner of The International Planning History Society (IPHS) Book Prize.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	SAF Reference Library	Architecture	NA9000-9428 54.071 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		6361

Today cities of the Arab world are subject to many of the same problems as other world cities, yet too often they are ignored in studies of urbanisation. This 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. The eight cities which form the core of the book – Rabat, Amman, Beirut, Kuwait, Manama, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh – provide a unique insight into today’s Middle Eastern city. Winner of The International Planning History Society (IPHS) Book Prize.

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