[PDF] The Middle Eastern City And Islamic Urbanism eBook

Author : Tsugitaka Satō
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,97 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0710305605

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The contributors to this book examine the religious, social and administrative networks that governed both rural and urban areas in the North African and Middle Eastern parts of the world. This gives some idea of how power is allotted in the Islamic world.

Author : Michael E. Bonine
Publisher :
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 38,72 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN :

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This Bibliography Brings Together A Rather Diffused Literature From Many Different Disciplines In Order To Provide A Research Tool For Scholars Interested In The Subject. The Area Covered Is Most Of The Islamic World, Although The Concentration Is On The Core Area Of The Middle East And North Africa. The Bibliography Focuses On Western Language Literature, Esp. English, German, French And To A Lesser Extent Spanish. Coverboard Slightly Wornout, Spine Has A Very Minor Tear, Text Absolutely Clean, Condition Good.

Author : Yasser Elsheshtawy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 25,24 MB
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1134410107

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How did colonial influences change the urban form of the Arab capitals? The author here poses - and answers - many questions on globalisation and the Middle East.

Author : G.H. Blake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 24,25 MB
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317265106

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The Middle East, defined here as extending from Morocco to Iran and Turkey to Sudan, lies at the crossroads of three continents – Africa, Asia and Europe. With the largest reserves of petroleum in the world its importance is well beyond its physical size and population. Rapid urban growth has radically transformed Middle Eastern society in recent decades, but the associated problems are incompletely understood. This volume, first published in 1980, highlights some of the major issues of Middle Eastern urbanisation and provides a comprehensive statement about the current position of research. Urban origins and the nature of urban growth are discussed to provide a background to considerations of migration, employment, housing and retailing. The contributors suggest that planning strategies have hitherto proved inadequate with small towns being largely overlooked, historic quarters rapidly disappearing and water in short supply. Future research into all these problem areas is considered essential, but the research must be coordinated and utilised. Concentrating on practical problems, achievements and challenges for research, the contributions in this book, specially commissioned from active researchers in the field, will prove a valuable guide to recent ideas and developments in the Middle East.

Author : Tsugitaka SATO
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 11,67 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136169598

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Islamic cultures in the Middle East have inherited and developed a legacy of urbanism spanning millennia to the ancient civilizations of the region. In contrast to well-organized states like China in history, Muslim peoples formed loose states based on intricate social networks. As a consequence, most studies of urban history in the Middle East have focused their gaze exclusively on urban social organization, often neglecting the extension of political power to rural areas. Covering Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Iran and Brunei, this volume explores the relationship between political power and social networks in medieval and modern Middle Eastern history. The authors examine social, religious and administrative networks that governed rural and urban areas and led to state formation, providing a more inclusive view of the mechanisms of power and control in the Islamic world.

Author : Haim Yacobi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 43,5 MB
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 131723118X

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Presenting the current debate about cities in the Middle East from Sana’a, Beirut and Jerusalem to Cairo, Marrakesh and Gaza, the book explores urban planning and policy, migration, gender and identity as well as politics and economics of urban settings in the region. This handbook moves beyond essentialist and reductive analyses of identity, urban politics, planning, and development in cities in the Middle East, and instead offers critical engagement with both historical and contemporary urban processes in the region. Approaching "Cities" as multi-dimensional sites, products of political processes, knowledge production and exchange, and local and global visions as well as spatial artefacts. Importantly, in the different case studies and theoretical approaches, there is no attempt to idealise urban politics, planning, and everyday life in the Middle East –– which (as with many other cities elsewhere) are also situations of contestation and violence –– but rather to highlight how cities in the region, and especially those which are understudied, revolve around issues of housing, infrastructure, participation and identity, amongst other concerns. Analysing a variety of cities in the Middle East, the book is a significant contribution to Middle East Studies. It is an essential resource for students and academics interested in Geography, Regional and Urban Studies of the Middle East.

Author : Stefan Maneval
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2019-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1787356426

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Since the dawn of the oil era, cities in Saudi Arabia have witnessed rapid growth and profound societal changes. As a response to foreign architectural solutions and the increasing popularity of Western lifestyles, a distinct style of architecture and urban planning has emerged. Characterised by an emphasis on privacy, expressed through high enclosures, gates, blinds, and tinted windows, ‘New Islamic Urbanism’ constitutes for some an important element of piety. For others, it enables alternative ways of life, indulgence in banned social practices, and the formation of both publics and counterpublics. Tracing the emergence of ‘New Islamic Urbanism’, this book sheds light on the changing conceptions of public and private space, in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, in the Saudi city of Jeddah. It challenges the widespread assumption that the public sphere is exclusively male in Muslim contexts such as Saudi Arabia, where women’s public visibility is limited by the veil and strict rules of gender segregation. Showing that the rigid segregation regime for which the country is known serves to constrain the movements of men and women alike, Stefan Maneval provides a nuanced account of the negotiation of public and private spaces in Saudi Arabia.