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BL
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1035492
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b789862
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| Title & Author
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Planning Middle Eastern cities : : an urban kaleidoscope in a globalizing world /\ edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Planning, history and environment series
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0203355601
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: 020360900X
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: 0415304008
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: 1134410107
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: 1280078537
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: 661007853X
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: 9780203355602
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: 9780203609002
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: 9780415304009
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: 9781134410101
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: 9781280078538
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: 9786610078530
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0415304008
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The Middle East city : moving beyond the narrative of loss / Yasser Elsheshtawy -- The merits of cities' locations / Jamel Akbar -- The spatial development and urban transformation of colonial and postcolonial Algiers / Karim Hadjri and Mohamed Osmani -- Globalization and the search for modern local architecture : learning from Baghdad / Hoshiar Nooradin -- Sana'a : transformation of the old city and the impacts of the modern era / Khaled A. Al-Sallal -- Lake Tunis, or the concept of the third centre / Bechir Kenzari -- Cairo's urban déjà vu : globalization and urban fantasies / Khaled Adham -- Redrawing boundaries : Dubai, an emerging global city / Yasser Elsheshtawy.
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| Abstract
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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.
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| Subject
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City planning-- Middle East.
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City planning.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Regional Planning.
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Middle East.
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| Dewey Classification
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307.1/216/0956
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| LC Classification
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HT169.M628P58 2004eb
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| Added Entry
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Elsheshtawy, Yasser.
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