Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City
ISBN: 978-1-138-34971-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book explores the diverse ways in which Islam as a religious philosophy currently shapes urban planning ideas. Focusing on cities in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia, chapters revealing the vitality and variety of Muslim societies in their engagement with the design of master-planned cities. The book examines the intersection of ideology and urban design, comparing how rulers have used planned cities in diverse regions to demonstrate strength and create an orchestrated sense of national identity. In contrast to the widespread assumption by that master-planning at the city scale can be understood solely as a secular and technical enterprise, this book reveals that the Muslim imaginary remains vital in new master-planned city projects.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
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Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction Section 1: Seats of political power 2. A new Islamic capital for multicultural Malaysia 3. Islam and a post-Soviet nation: Astana the new capital of Kazakhstan 4. Hyperbolic symbols of religion and culture in the new capital of Johor, Malaysia 5. Touba: A new Sufi city emerges in West Africa 6. Dompak, Islam, and the construction of a new identity in a new Indonesian provincial capital Section 2: Entrepreneurial cities 7. Delirious Istanbul: The rhetoric of nation and Islam in building consent for new city building 8. Rawabi: Hope for a Palestinian Future? 9. Private, corporate, and Muslim: Waterfall City, South Africa 10. King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia: Local values and norms meet global aspirations 11. (Dis)engaging with Islam: African nationalism, a new brand for Morocco’s master planned cities? 12. Afterword - Directions for future research
