Middle Eastern cities cannot be lumped together as a single group. Rather they make up the urban kaleidoscope of the title, as the diversity of the six cities included here shows. They range from cities rich in tradition (Cairo, Tunis, and Baghdad), to neglected cities (Algiers and Sana’a), to newly emerging ‘oil-rich’ Gulf cities (Dubai). The authors are all young Arab scholars and architects local to the cities they describe, providing an authentic voice with an understanding no outsider could achieve. These contributors move away from an exclusively ‘Islamic’ reading of Arab cities – which they regard as outdated and counterproductive. Instead, they explore issues of identity and globalization in the context of the struggles and solutions offered by each city from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Their focus is on how the built environment has changed over time and under different influences.
Yasser Elsheshtawy
Planning Middle Eastern Cities [PDF ebook]
An Urban Kaleidoscope
Planning Middle Eastern Cities [PDF ebook]
An Urban Kaleidoscope
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语言 英语 ● 格式 PDF ● 网页 224 ● ISBN 9781134410101 ● 编辑 Yasser Elsheshtawy ● 出版者 Taylor and Francis ● 发布时间 2004 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 4293060 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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