The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity

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'.

Preface	p. vii
Illustration Credits and Sources	p. ix
The Contributors	p. xi
The Great Divide: Struggling and Emerging Cities in the Arab World	p. 1
The New Arab Metropolis: A New Research Agenda	p. 27
The Struggling Arab City
Amman: Disguised Genealogy and Recent Urban Restructuring and Neoliberal Threats	p. 37
From Regional Node to Backwater and Back to Uncertainty: Beirut, 1943-2006	p. 69
Rabat: From Capital to Global Metropolis	p. 99
The Emerging Arab City
Riyadh: A City of 'Institutional' Architecture	p. 118
Kuwait: Learning from a Globalized City	p. 152
Manama: The Metamorphosis of an Arab Gulf City	p. 184
Rediscovering the Island: Doha's Urbanity from Pearls to Spectacle	p. 218
Cities of Sand and Fog: Abu Dhabi's Global Ambitions	p. 258
Index	p. 305
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The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development

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