The tradition, modernity and urban development Elsheshtawy, Yasser. text bibliography enk London Routledge 2011 monographic eng

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xiv, 314 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. "This outstanding collection, written by sophisticated and engaged Arab architects/urbanists, is a stunning sequel to 'Planning Middle Eastern Cities' (2004) Like its predecessor, it does three things: effectively demolishes the monopoly 'orientalists' had over the topic; integrates grounded Arab scholarship with mainstream 'western' critical urban theory; and, by detailing the diverse ways Arab cities are responding to globalization, challenges oversimplified debates on 'The Global City'. Studies of Arab/Islamic cities used to be the province of 'outsiders' who not only prematurely generalized to a genre, but encapsulated it in timelessness. In contrast, the case studies included in the earlier volume (Dubai, Sana'a, Baghdad, Algiers, Tunis, and Cairo), now supplemented in this volume by three older cities (Amman, Beirut, and Rabat) and five newer oil cities (Riyadh, Kuwait City, Manama, Doha and Abu-Dhabi), focus, often critically, on their rapid transformations. Each case study traces its colonial and post-colonial history, the evolution of its distinctive social and physical structures, and its intersection with the region and the world. It pays particular attention to, inter alia, the effects of recent wars, migration patterns, petroleum prices, noting the increased role of 'rulers' in city planning/real estate investment both within and between Arab countries. Each traces the increased interactions between multinational firms and local developers as they strategize and compete to elevate themselves to global city status. Neoliberalism and State-sponsored advanced capitalism are all implicated in the painful task of balancing identity and post-modernity. A must read!" -- Janet Abu-Lughod, Professor Emerita, Northwestern University and The Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, USA Winner of The International Planning History Society (IPHS) Book Prize. The great divide : struggling and emerging cities in the Arab world / Yasser Elsheshtawy -- The new Arab metropolis : a new research agenda / Fuad K. Malkawi -- Part I. The struggling Arab city -- Amman : disguised genealogy and recent urban restructuring and neoliberal threats / Rami Farouk Daher -- From regional node to backwater and back to uncertainty : Beirut, 1943--2006 / Sofia T. Shwayri -- Rabat : from capital to global metropolis / Jamila Bargach -- Part II. The emerging Arab city -- Riyadh : a city of 'institutional' architecture / Mashary A. Al-Naim -- Kuwait : learning from a globalized city / Yasser Mahgoub -- Manama : the metamorphosis of a Gulf city / Mustapha Ben Hamouche -- Rediscovering the island : Doha's urbanity from pearls to spectacle / Khaled Adham -- Cities of sand and fog : Abu Dhabi's arrival on the global scene / Yasser Elsheshtawy. edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy. First published 2008. Includes bibliographical references and index. aw----- Cities and towns Middle East City planning Middle East Cities and towns City planning Middle East HT147.5 .E86 2011 306.760956 E86 2011 307.12160956 9780415665728 0415665728 2008001567 UKMGB 080111 20251211125433.0 15139658 eng