Review (PDF) Dubai: Behind An Urban Spectacle (Planning, History And Environment Series)
Yasser Elsheshtawy explores Dubai’s history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring colour to his history of the city’s urban development. With the help of case studies and surveys this book explores the economic and political forces driving Dubai’s urban growth, its changing urbanity and its place within the global city network. Uniquely, it looks beyond the glamour of Dubai’s mega-projects, and provides an in-depth exploration of a select set of spaces which reveal the city’s ‘inner life’.
Series: Planning, History and Environment Series
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Routledge (August 24, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415444616
ISBN-13: 978-0415444613
Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 0.8 x 9.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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