Demystifying Doha
Subtitle: On Architecture and Urbenism in an Emerging City
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781409466345
Subjects: Architecture, middle east; Urbanization; Middle east, social conditions; City planning, middle east
Description: While focusing on the architectural and planning aspects of Doha's intensive urbanization, this first comprehensive examination of the city sets this within the socio-political and economic context of the wider Arabian Peninsula. 'Demystifying Doha - On Architecture and Urbanism in an Emerging City' features a comprehensive discussion on contemporary architecture and urbanism of Doha as an emerging regional metropolis. It provides a critical analysis of the evolution of architecture and urbanism as products of the contemporary global condition. Issues that pertain to emerging service hubs, decentralised urban governance, integrated urban development strategies, image-making practices, urban identity, the dialectic relations between the city and its society and sustainable urbanism are all examined to elucidate the urban evolution and the contemporary condition of Doha.