Planning Middle Eastern cities : an urban kaleidoscope in a globalizing world / edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Series:

Planning, history, and the environment series.
Planning, history, and the environment series

Format/Description:

Book
xii, 210 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Subjects:

City planning -- Middle East.

Contents:

The Middle East city : moving beyond the narrative of loss / Yasser Elsheshtawy
The merits of cities' locations / Jamel Akbar
The spatial development and urban transformation of colonial and postcolonial Algiers / Karim Hadjri and Mohamed Osmani
Globalization and the search for modern local architecture : learning from Baghdad / Hoshiar Nooradin
Sana'a : transformation of the old city and the impacts of the modern era / Khaled A. Al-Sallal
Lake Tunis, or the concept of the third centre / Bechir Kenzari
Cairo's urban déjà vu : globalization and urban fantasies / Khaled Adham
Redrawing boundaries : Dubai, an emerging global city / Yasser Elsheshtawy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Contributor:

Elsheshtawy, Yasser.
Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

ISBN:

0415304008 (hb)

OCLC:

54677787

Web link:

The Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund Home Page

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