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Demystifying Doha - On Architecture and Urbanism in an Emerging City (Paperback)
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Demystifying Doha - On Architecture and Urbanism in an Emerging City (Paperback)
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Over the past decade or so, the wealth produced by Qatar's oil and
gas exports has generated a construction development boom in its
capital city of Doha and the surrounding vicinity. Since the late
1990s, the number of inhabitants has grown from less than 400,000
to more than 1.7 million today. In many respects, Doha is portrayed
as an important emerging global capital in the Gulf region, which
has been positioning and re-inventing itself on the map of
international architecture and urbanism, with a global image of
building clusters of glass office towers, as well as cultural and
educational facilities. 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. 'Demystifying Doha - On Architecture and Urbanism in an
Emerging City' features a comprehensive discussion on contemporary
architecture and urbanism of Doha as an emerging regional
metropolis. It provides a critical analysis of the evolution of
architecture and urbanism as products of the contemporary global
condition. Issues that pertain to emerging service hubs,
decentralised urban governance, integrated urban development
strategies, image-making practices, urban identity, the dialectic
relations between the city and its society and sustainable urbanism
are all examined to elucidate the urban evolution and the
contemporary condition of Doha. 'Demystifying Doha - On
Architecture and Urbanism in an Emerging City' concludes by
suggesting a framework for future studies of the city as well as
for investigating the future of similar cities, setting out an
agenda for sustainable urban growth, while invigorating the
multiple roles urban planners and architects can play in shaping
this future.
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