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Author Salama, Ashraf M

Title Demystifying Doha : On Architecture and Urbanism in an Emerging City
Published Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2013
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Description 1 online resource (301 pages)
Series Online access with DDA: Askews (Architecture)
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Globalisation and the Emerging City; Understanding Historical Context Matters; Understanding Urban Governance Matters; Understanding Image-making Matters; Understanding People Matters; Understanding Sustainability Matters; Outlook: Investigating Doha; Notes; 2 Overview of Architecture and Urbanism in the Arabian Peninsula; Pre-oil Settlements: A Product of Desert, Tribal Tradition and the Sea; The Oil City: A Product of the Oil Wealth
Overview of Major Urban Centres Resulting from Oil WealthThe Post-oil City: A Future Service Hub; A Critique of Post-oil Architecture; Outlook: Architecture and Urbanism of the Emerging Hubs in the Gulf; Notes; 3 The Urban Evolution of Doha: From a Vernacular Settlement to an Emerging Service Hub; The Pre-oil Settlement of Doha: A Product of Desert, Sea, and Tradition; The Oil City of Doha: A Product of Oil Wealth; The Emerging Service Hub of Doha; Outlook: The Future of Urban Evolution of Doha; Notes
4 Contemporary Urbanism in Doha: From Decentralised Governance to Integrated Urban Development StrategiesThe Transformation of Doha into a Global Hub; The Decentralisation of Urban Planning; The Impact on Urban Morphologies; The Implementation of a Holistic Urban Development Vision in Qatar; Outlook: Doha's Urbanism at the Crossroads; Notes; 5 Contemporary Architecture and Image-making Practices in Doha; The Context and the Scene of Contemporary Architecture in Doha; Image-making: A Theoretical Account; Manifestations of Contextual and Critical Approaches to Image-making
Understanding Image-making through Empirical EvidenceOutlook: Regional Pressures and Global Influences; Notes; 6 Dynamics of Population and the Urban Environment of Doha; Urban Open Spaces in Doha; Experiencing Doha's Urban Open Spaces; Examining Urban Space Diversity in Doha; Outlook: Invigorating the Quality of Urban Life in Doha; Notes; 7 The Challenges of Sustainable Urbanism and the Future of Doha; The Impact of Current Construction Boom on Urban Morphologies; The Economic Consequences of Contemporary Urbanism; The Potential Environmental Hazards; The Impact on Society
Three Main Challenges for Establishing SustainabilityOutlook: Toward Sustainable Urbanism in Doha; Notes; 8 Conclusion: Introducing an Analytical Framework for Emerging Doha; A Theoretical Discourse on Space Production in Cities; The Production of Urban Qualities; Analytical Framework for Investigating the Production of Urban Qualities; Outlook: The Future of Urban Qualities in Doha; Notes; References; Index
Summary 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. It features a comprehensive discussion on contemporary architecture and urbanism of Doha as an emerging regional metropolis and it provides a critical analysis of the evolution of architecture and urbanism as products of the contemporary global condition. The book concludes by suggesting a framework for future studies of the city as well as for investigating the futur
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index
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Subject Architecture -- Qatar -- Dawḥah
Urbanization -- Qatar -- Dawḥah
City planning -- Qatar -- Dawḥah
Architecture
City planning
Social conditions
Urbanization
Architecture Architecture and Planning. -- Qatar -- Dawhah.
SUBJECT Dawḥah (Qatar) -- Social conditions
Subject Qatar -- Dawḥah
Form Electronic book
Author Wiedmann, Florian
LC no. 2013009605
ISBN 9781409466352
1409466353
9781409466345
1409466345
9781317152835
1317152832