Dubai : behind an urban spectacle / Yasser Elsheshtawy.

Main entry:

Elsheshtawy, Yasser.

Title & Author:

Dubai : behind an urban spectacle / Yasser Elsheshtawy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
©2009

Description:

viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Planning, history and environment series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-285) and index.
The emerging urbanity of Dubai -- Arab cities and globalization -- The other Dubai : a photo essay -- The illusive history of Dubai -- The transformation of Dubai or towards the age of megastructures -- Spectacular architecture and urbanism -- The spectacular and the everyday : Dubai's retail landscape -- Transient city : Dubai's forgotten urban spaces -- Global Dubai or Dubaization.

Summary:

"For many, the image of Dubai is of islands shaped like palm trees, luxurious shopping malls and the iconic building in the shape of a dhow's sail - the Burj al Arab. In Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle, Yasser Elsheshtawy reveals a very different city, a place full of aspirations, struggles and encounters taking place in all sorts of settings. It represents, he argues, a new form of urbanity, which cannot be explored by looking only at spectacular developments. One must move into the lesser known spaces of Dubai's traditional neighbourhoods, for they constitute the essence of the city and where its unique urban experiment is played out."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780415444613 (hbk. ; alk. paper) :
0415444616 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780415832212 (pbk)
0415832217 (pbk)
9780203869703 (ebk)
0203869702 (ebk)

Subject:

Urbanization United Arab Emirates Dubayy (Emirate) History.
Economic development projects United Arab Emirates Dubayy (Emirate) History.
City planning United Arab Emirates Dubayy (Emirate)
Urbanisation Émirats arabes unis Dubayy (Émirat) Histoire.
Projets de développement économique Émirats arabes unis Dubayy (Émirat) Histoire.
City planning
Economic development projects
Economic history
Urbanization
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) History.
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) Economic conditions.
Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) Pictorial works.
United Arab Emirates Dubayy (Emirate)

Form/genre:

History
Pictorial works

Added entries:

Planning, history, and the environment series.

behind an urban spectacle

Holdings:

Location: Library main 264052
Call No.: BIB 195368
Status: Available

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