City In The Desert

Author : Marc M. Angelil,Deane Simpson,Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : City planning
ISBN : 3944074238

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Cairo Desert Cities by Marc M. Angelil,Deane Simpson,Charlotte Malterre-Barthes Pdf

Since the 1950s, Egypt has developed a dozen new towns in the desert outside of Cairo. Intended to alleviate a growing demand for housing in the capital, most have never been completed. Edited by Marc Angélil and Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, this book presents the first systematic exploration of these cities, analysing their architecture and urban form, along with their possibilities and shortcomings. Describing their condition as 'permanently emerging', the study identifies the towns' potential through a series of design scenarios which underscore the value of re-engaging with modernist town planning, in hopes that examining past failures uncovers future opportunities.

Author : Oleg Grabar,Holod Reneta,James Knustad,William Trousdale
Publisher : Harvard CMES
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1978-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0674131959

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City in the Desert by Oleg Grabar,Holod Reneta,James Knustad,William Trousdale Pdf

Author : Michael F. Logan
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822971108

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Desert Cities by Michael F. Logan Pdf

Examines the natural and economic resource competition between Phoenix and Tucson and the other factors contributing to the divergent growth of the two cities.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692571469

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City in the Desert by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yasser Elsheshtawy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000460643

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Riyadh by Yasser Elsheshtawy Pdf

Riyadh has set its sights on becoming a world city befitting the twenty-first century. To that end it has embarked on a massive construction drive evidenced in the proliferation of proposals for high-end districts, giga-developments and elaborate infrastructures. An urban vision seemingly dedicated to attracting global capital. Yet such a narrative can be misleading. A ‘humanization programme’, initiated during the tenure of its former mayor Abdulaziz bin Ayyaf, has complemented the city’s rapid rise by providing spaces catering for the everyday needs of its inhabitants. Yasser Elsheshtawy, in this richly illustrated book, targets these people-centred settings. It is a compelling counter-narrative interweaving critical theoretical insights, personal observations, and serendipitous encounters. He deftly demonstrates how Riyadh thrives through the actions of its people. As the world moves towards an urban model that is resilient and humane, the humanizing efforts of an Arab city are worthy of our attention. Riyadh’s premise is perhaps best captured in the cover image depicting the desert riverbed of Wadi Sulai, filled with rainwater, making its way towards the Saudi capital. Along its banks there will be dedicated public pathways and urban parks. It is a vision of an urbanity where both the spectacular and the everyday coexist. A city that is not just dedicated to the few, but one that serves the many.

Author : Andrea H. Pampanini
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040687306

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Cities from the Arabian Desert by Andrea H. Pampanini Pdf

Over the last two decades, at a cost of about $60 billion, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has constructed the largest public works projects in history - the new industrial cities of Jubail, on the Gulf, and Yanbu, on the Red Sea, the home of a huge and sophisticated petrochemical industry that claims almost ten percent of the world market. This important work examines the evolution of the Saudis' capacity to plan such large projects; their creation of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, an independent super-agency with the power to cut through red tape and make multi-billion dollar moves on its own; their partnership with Bechtel Corporation and the Ralph M. Parsons Co. in the design and construction of the modern Saudi cities; the roles of entities such as Aramco and the SABIC; and the effects of the Gulf War.

Author : William E. Martin,Helen M. Ingram,Nancy K. Laney,Adrian H. Griffin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317352976

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Saving Water in a Desert City by William E. Martin,Helen M. Ingram,Nancy K. Laney,Adrian H. Griffin Pdf

This book was stimulated by and sets out to analyse a political battle over water pricing by a municipal system. Originally published in 1984, this title provides improved methods for demand function estimation where block rates are involved, suggests procedures for rational pricing of municipal water, and explains how politics can dominate when real decisions are made. Due to the additional virtue of this title being easy to read, it is ideal for students interested in environmental studies, economics, and policy making, as well as for those involved with municipal services and resource management in general.

Author : Jon Robin Baitz
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Families
ISBN : 0822226057

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Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz Pdf

THE STORY: Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the f

Author : Carlo Carretto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Meditations
ISBN : 0006263496

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Desert in the City by Carlo Carretto Pdf

Author : Christiane Gruber,Michelle Al-Ferzly
Publisher : Kelsey Museum Publications
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 173305040X

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City in the Desert, Revisited by Christiane Gruber,Michelle Al-Ferzly Pdf

Between 1964 and 1971, renowned Islamic art historian Oleg Grabar directed a large-scale archaeological excavation at the site of Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi. Drawn to the remote eighth-century complex in the hopes of uncovering a princely Umayyad palace, Grabar and his team instead stumbled upon a new type of urban settlement in the Syrian steppe. A rich lifeworld emerged in the midst of their discoveries, and over the course of the excavation's six seasons, close relationships formed between the American and Syrian archaeologists, historians, and workers who labored and lived at the site. Featuring previously unpublished documents and illustrating over fifty photographs from the Qasr al-Hayr dig, City in the Desert, Revisited recounts the personal experiences and professional endeavors that shaped the field of Islamic archaeology, art, and architectural history during the field's rise in the US academy.

Author : Richard Malloy,John Brock,Anthony Floyd,Margaret Livingston,Robert H. Webb
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439881385

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Design with the Desert by Richard Malloy,John Brock,Anthony Floyd,Margaret Livingston,Robert H. Webb Pdf

Typical development in the American Southwest often resulted in scraping the desert lands of the ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and dependent on a large consumption of energy and natural resources. This transdisciplinary book explores the natural and built environment of this desert region and introduces development tools for shaping its future in a more sustainable way. It offers valuable insights to help promote ecological balance between nature and the built environment in the American Southwest-and in other ecologically fragile regions around the world.

Author : Gökçe Günel
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1478000724

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Spaceship in the Desert by Gökçe Günel Pdf

In 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world’s first zero-carbon city: Masdar City. In Spaceship in the Desert Gökçe Günel examines the development and construction of Masdar City's renewable energy and clean technology infrastructures, providing an illuminating portrait of an international group of engineers, designers, and students who attempted to build a post-oil future in Abu Dhabi. While many of Masdar's initiatives—such as developing a new energy currency and a driverless rapid transit network—have stalled or not met expectations, Günel analyzes how these initiatives contributed to rendering the future a thinly disguised version of the fossil-fueled present. Spaceship in the Desert tells the story of Masdar, at once a “utopia” sponsored by the Emirati government, and a well-resourced company involving different actors who participated in the project, each with their own agendas and desires.

Author : Yasser Elsheshtawy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429855917

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Temporary Cities by Yasser Elsheshtawy Pdf

Are Arab Gulf cities, the likes of Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha, on their way to extinction? Is their fate obsolescence? Or, are they the model for our urban future? Can a city whose very existence is predicated on an imported labour force who build and operate these gleaming urban centres remain a viable urban entity? Could the transient nature of this urban model, its temporariness and precariousness, also be its doom? In this wide-ranging book Yasser Elsheshtawy takes on these tough, but necessary, questions aiming to examine the very nature of the Arab Gulf city and whether it can sustain its existence throughout the twenty-first century. Having lived in the region for more than two decades he researched its marginalized and forgotten urban settings, trying to understand how a temporary people can live in a place that inherently refuses to give them the possibility of becoming citizens. By being embedded in these spaces and reconciling their presence with his own personal encounters with transience, he discovered a resilience and defiance against the forces of the hegemonic city. Using subtle acts of resistance, these temporary inhabitants have found a way to sustain and create a home, to set down roots in the midst of a fast changing and transient urbanity. Their stories, recounted in this book through case studies and in-depth analysis, give hope to cities everywhere. Transience is not a fait accompli: rather the actions of citizens, residents and migrants – even in the highly restrictive spaces of the Gulf – show us that the future metropolis may very well not turn out to be a ‘utopia of the few and a dystopia of the many’. This could be an illusion, but it is a necessary illusion because the alternative is irrelevance.

Author : Carolyn Niethammer
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780816538898

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A Desert Feast by Carolyn Niethammer Pdf

Drawing on thousands of years of foodways, Tucson cuisine blends the influences of Indigenous, Mexican, mission-era Mediterranean, and ranch-style cowboy food traditions. This book offers a food pilgrimage, where stories and recipes demonstrate why the desert city of Tucson became American’s first UNESCO City of Gastronomy. Both family supper tables and the city’s trendiest restaurants feature native desert plants and innovative dishes incorporating ancient agricultural staples. Award-winning writer Carolyn Niethammer deliciously shows how the Sonoran Desert’s first farmers grew tasty crops that continue to influence Tucson menus and how the arrival of Roman Catholic missionaries, Spanish soldiers, and Chinese farmers influenced what Tucsonans ate. White Sonora wheat, tepary beans, and criollo cattle steaks make Tucson’s cuisine unique. In A Desert Feast, you’ll see pictures of kids learning to grow food at school, and you’ll meet the farmers, small-scale food entrepreneurs, and chefs who are dedicated to growing and using heritage foods. It’s fair to say, “Tucson tastes like nowhere else.”

Author : Jeannette Walls
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416544661

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Pdf

A triumphant tale of a young woman and her difficult childhood, The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.