| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Planning, history and environment series
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Planning, history, and the environment series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
City planning -- Arab countries.
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City planning. |
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Arab countries. |
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Cities and towns -- Arab countries.
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Cities and towns. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Elsheshtawy, Yasser.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Evolving Arab city. London ; New York : Routledge, 2008 9780415411561 0415411564 (DLC) 2008001567 (OCoLC)191206845 |
| ISBN |
9780203696798 (electronic book) |
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0203696794 (electronic book) |
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0415411564 |
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9780415411561 |
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