City Reconstruction : Urban Policy Innovation Towards Sustainable Cities in the MENA Region (Hardcover)

Introduction.Contextualizing Urban Reconstruction and Policy Innovation in the MENA Region.? ?1.Introduction: Notes on City Re-construction, Innovation and Sustainable Cities.Part 1.Past and Now.? 2.Thinking Preservation and Reconstruction Through the Idea Of Urban Life: Reflecting on the practice of Yalla Project in the casbah of Nablus, Palestine.? 3.Creating sustainable public spaces in historic neighborhoods: Tale of Kuzguncuk Bostan. 4.Environmental Governance in Unequal World.? 5.War, Peace, and Reconstruction: Articulation and Synthesis of Lessons from International Experience in City Reconstruction.? 6.The Millenary Cities of Mzab: A Paradigm for Contemporary Refugee Settlements in the Arab Region.? Part 2.Current Issues and Realities.? 7.On Ruins and Emptiness: Colonial Spatiality and Urban Politics in Palestine/Israel.? 8.Beyond neoliberalism in Morocco: The new Green City of Benguerir and the UM6P Campus: a case study of culture-driven city re-construction.? 9.Benghazi: Conflict, Instability, Urban Degradation and Culture as the Catalyst for Post-Conflict Recovery.? 10.Reformulation The Urban Narrative of The Public Domain Of Al Quds Jerusalem As A City Of Conflict.? Part 3.Future and Re-Imagining City Reconstruction.? 11.Refugee Camp Administration in Jordan and the Impact on the Development of the Hosting Cities, a Comparative Analysis.? 12.Rethinking Sacred Urbanism in New Mecca Projects.? 13.Aleppo Old City: An integrated Post-Conflict Built environment regeneration.? 14.Re-Imaging Cities Using Skyscrapers: A global perspective with a focus on the Middle East and Dubai.? 15.Innovation Policy and Urban Re-construction: Paradigms Shifts.? 16.Towards an Alternative Narrative of (RE)Construction of Contemporary Middle Eastern Cities: The Case of Gulf Cities.? Conclusion.Towards Sustainable Cities in the MENA Region.?