Dubai
Subtitle: behind an urban spectacle
By: Yasser Elsheshtawy.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780415444613; 9780203869703
Subjects: Urbanization -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate) -- History; Economic development projects -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate) -- History; City planning -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate); Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- History; Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Economic conditions; Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The emerging urbanity of Dubai; title: Arab cities and globalization; title: The other Dubai : a photo essay; title: The illusive history of Dubai; title: The transformation of Dubai or towards the age of megastructures; title: Spectacular architecture and urbanism; title: The spectacular and the everyday : Dubai's retail landscape; title: Transient city : Dubai's forgotten urban spaces; title: Global Dubai or Dubaization.