In offering reflections on key themes affecting sustainability in the Middle East, this paper explores how an imprecise concept such as sustainability can, co-constituted with other powerful political and economic systems, such as nation building, drive forward new agendas for urban development. Rather than focus on specific empirical findings, the paper reflects instead on some of the assumptions underpinning competing approaches to sustainability highlighting multiple alternate visions of urban sustainability. In doing so, the paper engages with the literature on sustainability, master-planning and real estate development inviting the reader in the process to think about and ponder on the role of vision in the process. The reader is there...
The Palestinian occupied territory encounters considerable challenges characterized by high populati...
International audienceThe fight against climate change, eco-responsible urban development and the co...
In the past two decades, sustainability has been a significant concern when planning cities. As a c...
The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are highly urbanised. The urban areas in the Gulf a...
The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are highly urbanised. The urban areas in the Gulf a...
In the Western context, notions of sustainable development often refer to the need to adjust existin...
Doha, like most of the Gulf States' cities, has evolved dramatically to the global city model due to...
Unlike many metropolises that use green urbanism as a worlding strategy, Arab cities seem reluctant ...
In the past three decades Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have realised a meteoric economic rise. Whereas...
In the past three decades Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have realised a meteoric economic rise. Whereas...
Various urban qualities are required for sustainable urban development, which is a particular challe...
In the last years, the world has jumped rapidly towards more urbanisation, and for the first time in...
This thesis aims to understand the politics, implications and interpretations associated with the tr...
Previous researches and investigations on the area of green cities and sustainable architecture lack...
In the short historical trajectory of sustainable development, attention to the idea of urban sustai...
The Palestinian occupied territory encounters considerable challenges characterized by high populati...
International audienceThe fight against climate change, eco-responsible urban development and the co...
In the past two decades, sustainability has been a significant concern when planning cities. As a c...
The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are highly urbanised. The urban areas in the Gulf a...
The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are highly urbanised. The urban areas in the Gulf a...
In the Western context, notions of sustainable development often refer to the need to adjust existin...
Doha, like most of the Gulf States' cities, has evolved dramatically to the global city model due to...
Unlike many metropolises that use green urbanism as a worlding strategy, Arab cities seem reluctant ...
In the past three decades Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have realised a meteoric economic rise. Whereas...
In the past three decades Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have realised a meteoric economic rise. Whereas...
Various urban qualities are required for sustainable urban development, which is a particular challe...
In the last years, the world has jumped rapidly towards more urbanisation, and for the first time in...
This thesis aims to understand the politics, implications and interpretations associated with the tr...
Previous researches and investigations on the area of green cities and sustainable architecture lack...
In the short historical trajectory of sustainable development, attention to the idea of urban sustai...
The Palestinian occupied territory encounters considerable challenges characterized by high populati...
International audienceThe fight against climate change, eco-responsible urban development and the co...
In the past two decades, sustainability has been a significant concern when planning cities. As a c...