This now classic study of Near Eastern cities provides insight and guidance for anyone interested in this important area of the world. Architects, demographers, urban planners, art scholars, and other specialists on the Near East discuss specific cities and countries illustrative of different regions and cultural areas.
| ISBN | 0878500073 | | Pages | 343 | | ISBN13 | 9780878500079
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 722 | | Publisher | Darwin Press Inc | | Published in | Pennington | | Imprint | Darwin Press Inc | | Height (mm) | 255 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 175 | | Publication date | 01 Jan 1973 | | Academic level | General |
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Contents: Introduction; Traditional Muslim Cities; The Traditional City of Herat; Cairo: Perspective and Prospectus; Urbanisation and Urbanism in Beirut; The Socio-Economic Evolution of the Inhabitants of a Desert City: The Case of Omdurman; Kuwait: A Case Study; Urbanisation of Concepts of Housing, Urbanism, and Country Planning: Morocco; Evolution of Spatial Organisation in the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic; The Care of Historic Monuments and Sites in Turkey; Muslim Cities: Old and New; Constancy, Transposition and Change in the Arab city.
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