The Evolving Arab City

Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-41156-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 177 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 792 g

Reihe: Planning, History and Environment Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elsheshtawy, Yasser

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: The Great Divide: Struggling and Emerging Cities of the Arab World 2. Prologue: The New Arab Metropolis Part 1: The Struggling Arab City 3. Amman: Disguised Genealogy, Recent Urban Restructuring and Neo-Liberal Threats 4. From Regional Node to Backwater and Back to Uncertainty: The Refashioning of Beirut, 1943–2006 5. Rabat: From Capital to Global Metropolis Part 2: The Emerging Arab City 6. Riyadh: A City of ‘Institutional’ Architecture 7. Kuwait: Learning from a Globalized City 8. Manama: The Metamorphosis of a Gulf City 9. Rediscovering the Island: Doha’s Urbanity from Pearls to Spectacle 10. Cities of Sand and Fog: Abu Dhabi’s Arrival on the Global Scene

Über Autor(innen)

Yasser Elsheshtawy is Associate Professor of Architecture at the United Arab Emirates University. His most recent publication is an edited book published by Routledge (2004) titled Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope in a Globalizing World. He has lectured at Harvard Design School, Tianjin University, China, and Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha.