The Middle East city : ancient traditions confront a modern world / edited by Abdulaziz Y. Saqqaf.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Paragon House, (c)1987.Description: xx, 393 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
LOC classification:
  • HT147 .M533 1987
  • HT147
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Contents:
Islamic identity and the metropolis : continuity and conflict Ervin Y. Galantay -- The Islamic city and the Western city : a comparative analysis Cyrus Mechkat -- Population movement and urbanization in the Arab world Osman M. Osman -- Ideological constants and urban living Fuad I. Khuri -- Old Sanaa as an existing model for the Islamic city Ali Oshaish -- Sanaa Al-Qadeema : the challenges of modernization Fritz Piepenberg -- Sanaa : a profile of a changing city Abdulaziz Y. Saqqaf -- The repercussions of Israel's occupation of Jerusalem Henry Cattan -- Islamic Jerusalem as archetype of a harmonious urban environment Abdullah Schleifer -- Zion and the two Jerusalems Yitzhak Khayutman -- A sociological profile Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- The big urban bias Hoda M. Sobhi -- Integrated village development and the housing problem of urban Egypt Abdel K. El-Ahwal -- An historical perspective of the city John Munro -- Reconstruction : theory and practive Friedrich Ragette -- A pictorial essays of the reconstruction process Hana Abu Khadra -- Urbanization trends in Turkey Sabahaddin Zaim -- Environmental problems of urbanization Erdogan Alkin -- Urbanization and political behavior Esat Cam -- Communication in the Middle East city of the 1990s Joseph Ben-Dak -- The provision of essential services in the future city Kenneth Mellanby.
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Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Middle East Chapter of the Professors World Peace Academy.

"A PWPA book."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Islamic identity and the metropolis : continuity and conflict Ervin Y. Galantay -- The Islamic city and the Western city : a comparative analysis Cyrus Mechkat -- Population movement and urbanization in the Arab world Osman M. Osman -- Ideological constants and urban living Fuad I. Khuri -- Old Sanaa as an existing model for the Islamic city Ali Oshaish -- Sanaa Al-Qadeema : the challenges of modernization Fritz Piepenberg -- Sanaa : a profile of a changing city Abdulaziz Y. Saqqaf -- The repercussions of Israel's occupation of Jerusalem Henry Cattan -- Islamic Jerusalem as archetype of a harmonious urban environment Abdullah Schleifer -- Zion and the two Jerusalems Yitzhak Khayutman -- A sociological profile Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- The big urban bias Hoda M. Sobhi -- Integrated village development and the housing problem of urban Egypt Abdel K. El-Ahwal -- An historical perspective of the city John Munro -- Reconstruction : theory and practive Friedrich Ragette -- A pictorial essays of the reconstruction process Hana Abu Khadra -- Urbanization trends in Turkey Sabahaddin Zaim -- Environmental problems of urbanization Erdogan Alkin -- Urbanization and political behavior Esat Cam -- Communication in the Middle East city of the 1990s Joseph Ben-Dak -- The provision of essential services in the future city Kenneth Mellanby.

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