Le Midan : : actualité d'un faubourg ancien de Damas / / Yves Roujon et Luc Vilan (directors).

• Superior document: Études arabes, médiévales et modernes ; 169
• Author: Institut français de Damas.; Yves Roujon, Luc Vilan (dir.)
• TeilnehmendeR: Vilan, Luc; Roujon, Yves; Institut français de Damas.; CEAA Villes orientales. Atelier Damas.
• Place / Publishing House: France : : Presses de l'Ifpo,, 1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: French
• Series: Publications de l'I.F.E.A.D. ; 169.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (139 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This study on the suburb of Midan in Damascus (Syria) covers all the neighbourhoods located south of Bab al-Mousalla before the explosion of urban growth. Until the implementation of the urban plans of Danger (1937), then of Ecochard and Benshoya (1968), the Midan changed little. During the 1990s, the old suburb was transformed and coexisted with the new extensions of Grand Damascus. Using maps, plans, sections, diagrams and sketches, this work therefore aims to describe the old structure of the neighbourhood, to take stock of its condition and to understand the transformations underway at that time. The author analyzes the centrality of Midan, the hierarchical structure of these roads, the general outline of the suburb and its relations with the Damscene territory and Ghouta.