The New Arab Urban : : Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition, and Distress / / Davide Ponzini, Harvey Molotch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter NYUP / FUP Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Akhavan, Mina,; Andraos, Amale,; Ballon, Hilary,; Boodrookas, Alex,; Elsheshtawy, Yasser,; Günel, Gökçe,; Hertog, Steffen,; Keshavarzian, Arang,; Lieto, Laura,; Molotch, Harvey,; Moser, Sarah,; Nastasi, Michele,; Ponzini, Davide,
• HerausgeberIn: Molotch, Harvey,; Ponzini, Davide,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 65 black and white illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; Introduction: Learning from Gulf Cities --; Section I. The Gulf as Transnational --; 1. Giving the Transnational a History: Gulf Cities across Time and Space --; 2. Problematizing a Regional Context: Representation in Arab and Gulf Cities --; 3. Mobilities of Urban Spectacle: Plans, Projects, and Investments in the Gulf and Beyond --; Section II. Assembling Hybrid Cities --; 4. A Gulf of Images: Photography and the Circulation of Spectacular Architecture --; 5. Planning for the Hybrid Gulf City --; 6. Planning from Within: NYU Abu Dhabi --; Section III. Urban Test Beds for Export --; 7. Gateway: Revisiting Dubai as a Port City --; 8. Exporting the Spaceship: The Connected Isolation of Masdar City --; 9. "Two Days to Shape the Future": A Saudi Arabian Node in the Transnational Circulation of Ideas about New Cities --; Section IV. Audacity, Work-Arounds, and Spatial Segmentation --; 10. Real Estate Speculation and Transnational Development in Dubai --; 11. Consuming Abu Dhabi --; 12. A Quest for Significance: Gulf Oil Monarchies' International Strategies and Their Urban Dimensions --; Conclusion: From Gulf Cities Onward --; Acknowledgments --; About the Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781479898855; 9783110710281; 9783110722727
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Davide Ponzini, Harvey Molotch.