City Reconstruction

Urban Policy Innovation Towards Sustainable Cities in the MENA Region
Herausgeber: Alraouf, Ali A.; Al-Jayyousi, Odeh; Al-Kodmany, Kheir

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Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the MENA region, this book the complexities of rebuilding cities amid wars and conflicts, highlighting the importance of harnessing global knowledge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032857619
• ISBN-10: 1032857617
• Artikelnr.: 72110663

Autorenporträt

Ali A. Alraouf, a professor of architecture and urbanism. His research interests focus on post-Carbon urbanism, architecture, and heritage in Gulf cities. He published more than 150 journal papers, critical reviews, essays, in addition to books and book chapters. Odeh Al-Jayyousi, a professor of innovation at Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. He worked as a consultant with the EU, UN-ESCWA, World Bank, GIZ and USAID. He published over 70 articles in journals and books on sustainable development, and innovation. His research interests include education policy, planning, sustainability, and innovation management. Kheir Al-Kodmany is an expert in vertical urbanism, sustainable design, GIS, visualization systems, public participation, and crowd management. He is a Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and previously worked for the Chicago firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.Contextualizing Urban Reconstruction and Policy Innovation in
the MENA Region. 1.Introduction: Notes on City Re-construction, Innovation
and Sustainable Cities.Part 1.Past and Now. 2.Thinking Preservation and
Reconstruction Through the Idea Of Urban Life: Reflecting on the practice
of Yalla Project in the casbah of Nablus, Palestine. 3.Creating sustainable
public spaces in historic neighborhoods: Tale of Kuzguncuk Bostan.
4.Environmental Governance in Unequal World. 5.War, Peace, and
Reconstruction: Articulation and Synthesis of Lessons from International
Experience in City Reconstruction. 6.The Millenary Cities of Mzab: A
Paradigm for Contemporary Refugee Settlements in the Arab Region. Part
2.Current Issues and Realities. 7.On Ruins and Emptiness: Colonial
Spatiality and Urban Politics in Palestine/Israel. 8.Beyond neoliberalism
in Morocco: The new Green City of Benguerir and the UM6P Campus: a case
study of culture-driven city re-construction. 9.Benghazi: Conflict,
Instability, Urban Degradation and Culture as the Catalyst for
Post-Conflict Recovery. 10.Reformulation The Urban Narrative of The Public
Domain Of Al Quds Jerusalem As A City Of Conflict. Part 3.Future and
Re-Imagining City Reconstruction. 11.Refugee Camp Administration in Jordan
and the Impact on the Development of the Hosting Cities, a Comparative
Analysis. 12.Rethinking Sacred Urbanism in New Mecca Projects. 13.Aleppo
Old City: An integrated Post-Conflict Built environment regeneration.
14.Re-Imaging Cities Using Skyscrapers: A global perspective with a focus
on the Middle East and Dubai. 15.Innovation Policy and Urban
Re-construction: Paradigms Shifts. 16.Towards an Alternative Narrative of
(RE)Construction of Contemporary Middle Eastern Cities: The Case of Gulf
Cities. Conclusion.Towards Sustainable Cities in the MENA Region.