1st Edition
City Reconstruction Urban Policy Innovation Towards Sustainable Cities in the MENA Region
Contents
List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword By Kheir Al-Kodmany
Chapter One Introduction: Contextualizing Urban Reconstruction and Policy Innovation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region
Kheir Al-Kodmany, Ali A. Alraouf, and Odeh Al-Jayyousi
Part 1 Past and Now
Chapter Two Thinking Preservation and Reconstruction Through the Idea Of Urban Life: Reflecting on the practice of Yalla Project in the casbah of Nablus, Palestine
Abdalrahman Kittana and Alessandra Gola
Chapter Three Creating sustainable public spaces in historic neighborhoods: Tale of Kuzguncuk Bostan of Istanbul
Müge Akkar Ercan
Chapter Four Environmental Governance in an Unequal World
Adha Shaleh
Chapter Five War, Peace, and Reconstruction: Articulation and Synthesis of Lessons from International Experience in City Reconstruction
Hareesh Haridasan, Vidhu Bansal, Shivangi Singh Parmar, Sunny Bansal, Nazish Abid, and Mohd. Resaal
Chapter Six The Millenary Cities of Mzab: A Paradigm for Contemporary Refugee Settlements in the Arab Region
Naima Benkari
Part 2 Current Issues and Realities
Chapter Seven On Ruins and Emptiness: Colonial Spatiality and Urban Politics in Palestine
Abdalla Bayyari
Chapter Eight Beyond neoliberalism in Morocco: The new Green City of Benguerir and the UM6P Campus: a case study of culture-driven city re-construction
Carlo Alberini
Chapter Nine Benghazi: Conflict, Instability, Urban Degradation and Culture as the Catalyst for Post-Conflict Recovery
Nur Valdeolmillos and Saleh Almogrbe
Chapter Ten Reformulation of The Urban Narrative of The Public Domain Of Al Quds Jerusalem As A City Of Conflict
Ahmad Khalilia
Part 3 Future and Re-Imagining City Reconstruction
Chapter Eleven Refugee Camp Administration in Jordan and the Impact on the Development of the Hosting Cities, a Comparative Analysis
Dina Dabash
Chapter Twelve Rethinking Sacred Urbanism in New Mecca Projects
Abir Messaoudi
Chapter Thirteen Aleppo Old City: An integrated Post-Conflict Built environment regeneration
Hala Asslan
Chapter Fourteen Re-Imaging Cities Using Skyscrapers: A global perspective with a focus on the Middle East and Dubai
Kheir Al-Kodmany
Chapter Fifteen Innovation Policy and Urban Reconstruction: Paradigms Shifts
Odeh Al-Jayyousi
Chapter Sixteen Towards an Alternative Narrative of (Re)Construction of Contemporary Middle Eastern Cities: The Case of Gulf Cities
Ali A. Alraouf
Chapter Seventeen Conclusions: Towards Sustainable Cities in the MENA Region
Kheir Al-Kodmany, Ali A. Alraouf, and Odeh Al-Jayyousi
Chapter Eighteen Future Research: Charting the Course for Sustainable Urban Development in the MENA Region
Kheir Al-Kodmany, Ali A. Alraouf, and Odeh Al-Jayyousi
Biography
Ali A. Alraouf is a professor of architecture and urbanism. His research interests focus on post-carbon urbanism, architecture, and heritage in Gulf cities. He has published more than 150 journal papers, critical reviews, essays, in addition to books and book chapters.
Odeh Al-Jayyousi is a professor of innovation at Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. He consulted with the EU, UN-ESCWA, World Bank, GIZ and USAID. He has published over 70 journal articles and books on sustainable development and innovation. His research interests include education policy, planning, sustainability, and innovation management.
Kheir Al-Kodmany is a professor of urban planning at the University of Illinois Chicago, specializing in vertical urbanism, sustainable design, and visualization systems. With over 30 years of experience, he has published 15 books and 150+ scholarly works. His global expertise includes advising governments and delivering over 200 professional presentations, including numerous keynote addresses. He also worked for the Chicago firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).
