UID:
almahu_9949384346902882
Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780203732410
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0203732413
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9781351401531
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135140153X
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9781351401548
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1351401548
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9781351401524
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1351401521
Inhalt:
Abu Dhabi's urban development path contrasts sharply with its exuberant neighbour, Dubai. As Alamira Reem puts it, Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates since 1971, 'has been quietly devising its own plans to manifest its role and stature as a capital city'. Alamira Reem, a native Abu Dhabian and urban planner and researcher who has studied the emirate's development for more than a decade, is uniquely placed to write its urban history. Following the introduction and description of Abu Dhabi's early modern history, she focuses on three distinct periods dating from the discovery of oil in 1960, and coinciding with periods in power of the three rulers since then: Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1960-1966), Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1966-2004), and Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2004-). Based on archival research, key interviews and spatial mapping, she analyses the different approaches of each ruler to development; investigates the role of planning consultants, architects, developers, construction companies and government agencies; examines the emergence of comprehensive development plans and the policies underlying them; and assesses the effects of these many and varied influences on Abu Dhabi's development. She concludes that, while much still needs to be done, Abu Dhabi's progress towards becoming a global, sustainable city provides lessons for cities elsewhere.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Hashim, Alamira Reem Bani, author. Planning Abu Dhabi Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 ISBN 9781138300309
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203732410
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