The evolving Arab city : tradition, modernity and urban development
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The evolving Arab city : tradition, modernity and urban development
（Planning, history and the environment series）
Routledge, 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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