Cities as built and lived environments : scholarship from Muslim contexts, 1875 to 2011 / edited by Aptin Khanbaghi.
| Title | Cities as built and lived environments : scholarship from Muslim contexts, 1875 to 2011 / edited by Aptin Khanbaghi. |
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| Author | Khanbaghi, Aptin |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Publication Place | Edinburgh - Edinburgh University Press : Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom |
| Type | Book |
| Language | ara,eng,tur |
| Digital | Yes |
| Manuscript | No |
| Pages Count | 497 |
| Library: | University of Bielefeld Library |
| Record ID | 991025914789706442 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Notes | Published in Association with the Institute for the Study of Muslim CivilisationsA collection of over 200 abstracts of research publications on cities, translated into three languagesGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748696185','ISBN:99780748696192');From Tehran in Iran to Istanbul in Turkey, and from Herat in Afghanistan to Khartoum in Sudan, the rich diversity of the Muslim world is strikingly expressed through its myriad of cities. This reference volume presents over 200 abstracts of scholarship examining cities as both built and lived environments. They deal with the important subjects such as urban growth in the last 50 years, infrastructure and the environment and migration from rural areas. The historical periods covered span from the Umayyad Caliphate to the present day.Each abstract is presented in English, Arabic and Turkish, opening up this body of scholarship to new audiences. These abstracts demonstrate how much cities have varied between countries and over time." |
| ISBN | 1-4744-6981-7 |
| Dizi başlığı | Muslim civilisations abstracts. |
