Planning Middle Eastern cities
Subtitle: an urban kaleidoscope in a globalizing world
By: edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy.
Contributors: Elsheshtawy, Yasser.
Series: Planning, history, and the environment series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: City planning -- Middle East.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Middle East city : moving beyond the narrative of loss / Yasser Elsheshtawy; title: The merits of cities' locations / Jamel Akbar; title: The spatial development and urban transformation of colonial and postcolonial Algiers / Karim Hadjri and Mohamed Osmani; title: Globalization and the search for modern local architecture : learning from Baghdad / Hoshiar Nooradin; title: Sana'a : transformation of the old city and the impacts of the modern era / Khaled A. Al-Sallal; title: Lake Tunis, or the concept of the third centre / Bechir Kenzari; title: Cairo's urban déjà vu : globalization and urban fantasies / Khaled Adham; title: Redrawing boundaries : Dubai, an emerging global city / Yasser Elsheshtawy.