The Superlative City - Dubai and the Urban Condition in the Early Twenty-First Century (Paperback, New)

In the last few years, the Persian Gulf city of Dubai has exploded from the Arabian sands onto the world stage. Oil wealth, land rent, and so-called informal economic practices have blanketed the urbanscape with enormous enclaved developments attracting a global elite, while the economy runs on a huge army of migrant workers from the labor-exporting countries of the Indian Ocean and Eurasian regions. The speed and aesthetic brashness with which the city has developed have left both scholarly and journalistic observers baffled and reaching for facile stereotypes with which to capture its city's identity and significance to the history of urban planning, architecture, social theory, and capitalism.

In "The Superlative City," contributors from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and colleagues from the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and Denmark offer the most serious analyses of the city to appear to date. Remarkable aspects of Dubai, such as the size and theming of real estate projects and the speed of urbanization, are situated in their local and global architectural, political, and economic contexts. Planning tactics and strategies are explained. The visually arresting aspects of architecture are critiqued but also placed within a holistic view of the city that takes in the less sensational elements, such as worker camps and informal urban spaces.

General

Imprint:	Harvard Graduate School Of Design
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Aga Khan Program of the Graduate School of Design
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	August 2013
Editors:	Ahmed Kanna
Contributors:	Amale Andraos • Dan Wood • Gareth Doherty • Keller Easterling • Yasser Elsheshtawy • Maryam Monalisa Gharavi • Boris Brorman Jensen • George Katodrytis • Virginie Lefebvre
Dimensions:	254 x 165 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	168
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-9771224-3-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Architectural structure & design Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	0-9771224-3-3
Barcode:	9780977122431

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