Global transformations and local traditions
By: Mohamed El Amrousi [and others] ; Nezar AlSayyad, series editor
Contributors: Riorden, Elizabeth; Young, Sebnem Yucel; Yen, Liang-Yi; Oglac, Ozlem; Pulban, Hifsiya; International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments; University of California, Berkeley. Center for Environmental Design Research
Series: Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 196; Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 196.
Publisher: Center for Environmental Design Research, International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, University of California at Berkeley
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1550
Subjects: Urban renewal; City planning; Urbanization; Landscape architecture; Rural-urban migration; Themed environments; Architecture; Domestic Architecture; Globalization
Notes: Papers presented at the  IASTE conference in  Bangkok, Thailand in December 2006.

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Muscat: rethinking its heritage / Mohamed El Amrousi; title: A village in the garrigue: competing visions for the Midi of Cézanne and the artists / Elizabeth Riorden; title: Hyper traditions/ hipvillages: urbanite villagers of Western Anatolia / Sebnem Yucel Young; title: The frontier of a Theme park: a case study of community development in Bowang / Liang-yi Yen; title: Hyper-Cypriot architecture: the transformation of local and global values / Ozlem Oglac and Hifsiye Pulban.