Evolving Arab City - Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development

Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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

Product details

• Authors: Yasser Elsheshtawy, Yasser (Uae University Elsheshtawy, Elsheshtawy Yasser, Yasser Elsheshtawy
• Assisted by: Yasser Elsheshtawy (Editor), Yasser (Uae University Elsheshtawy (Editor), Elsheshtawy Yasser (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.2008
• EAN: 9780415411561
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41156-1
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Planning, History and Environment Series; Planning, History and Environment Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, Middle East, Urban & municipal planning, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Civil engineering, surveying and building