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Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope book cover

1st Edition

Planning Middle Eastern Cities An Urban Kaleidoscope

Edited By Yasser Elsheshtawy Copyright 2004
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Cairo, Baghdad, Algiers and Dubai cannot be easily lumped together as a single group. Cities in the Arab world are too diverse and hybrid, ranging from those rich in tradition, to 'forgotten’ cities, to newly emerging Gulf cities. The authors here, Arab scholars and architects local to the cities they describe, provide an authentic voice with an understanding no outsider could achieve.... Read more
1. The Middle East City: Moving Beyond the Narrative of Loss Yasser Elsheshtawy  2. The Merits of Cities' Locations Jamel Akbar  3. The Spatial Development and Urban Transformation of Colonial and Postcolonial Algiers Karim Hadjri and Mohamed Osmani  4. Globalization and the Search for Modern Local Architecture: Learning from Baghdad Hoshiar Nooradin  5. Sana'a: Transformation of the Old City and the Impacts of the Modern Era Khaled A. Al-Sallal  6. Lake Tunis, or the Concept of the Third Centre Bechir Kenzari  7. Cairo's Urban Déjà Vu: Globalization and Urban Fantasies Khaled Adham  8. Redrawing Boundaries: Dubai, an Emerging Global City Yasser Elsheshtawy

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Yasser Elsheshtawy

This volume provides a nonspecialist audience with a thorough overview of issues and approaches to contemporary Middle Eastern urbanism. - Sophia Shwayri, Traditional Dewlling and Settlements Review, Spring 2005

'Will inspire further critical investigation on the sites and cities of the Middle East that have until now been marginalized in the debates regarding globalization and urban change.' - Journal of Architectural Education

This book is a very informative and lively read that certainly adds fresh perspectives to the study of Arab cities… This collection could be an interesting text for undergraduate and graduate courses in Middle East and urban/cultural studies. International Journal of Middle East Studies

A thorough overview of issues and approaches to contemporary Middle Eastern urbanism. Traditional Dwelling and Settlements Review

The essays collected by Elsheshtawy raise as many questions as they answer, but this is also a strength of the book, which provides insights into places often grounded in an idealized past, both in their architecture and their architectural history. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

This is a laudable collective effort with an excellent choice of case-studies which make a compelling argument in favour of the ‘urban kaleidoscope’. This certainly provides food for thought for architects, planners, urban specialists and historians working on and in the Middle East - Urban History Journal

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