| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Planning, history and environment series |
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Planning, history, and the environment series.
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| Contents |
The great divide: struggling and emerging cities in the Arab world -- The new arab metropolis: a new research agenda -- Amman: disguised genealogy and recent urban restructuring and neoliberal threats -- From regional node to backwater and back to uncertainty: Beirut, 1943-2006 -- Rabat: from capital to global metropolis -- Riyadh: a city of "institutional" architecture -- Kuwait: learning from a globalized city -- Manama: the metamorphosis of an Arab Gulf city -- Rediscovering the island: Doha's urbanity from pearls to spectacle -- Cities of sand and fog: Abu Dhabi's global ambitions |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
City planning -- Arab countries
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Cities and towns -- Arab countries
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
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Cities and towns
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City planning
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Arab countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Elsheshtawy, Yasser.
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| ISBN |
9780203696798 |
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0203696794 |
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1134128215 |
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9781134128211 |
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1281394971 |
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9781281394972 |
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9786611394974 |
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6611394974 |
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