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Riyadh : transforming a desert city / Yasser Elsheshtawy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2022Description: 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780367485177
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 307.76 S.Y.R
Contents:
Introduction: Discovering Riyadh -- Part I: City Governance for the People (Ch.2 Mayors and the City; Ch.3 People‑Centred Urbanism) -- Part II: Contextualizing Riyadh (Ch.4 Scenes from Riyadh; Ch.5 Riyadh’s Urban Growth and Development) -- Part III: Humanizing Riyadh (Ch.6 A Flâneur in Riyadh; Ch.7 Riyadh Drifting; Ch.8 Green Dreams; Ch.9 Regulating Informality) -- Ch.10 Conclusion: The Future of Riyadh -- Index.
Summary: This richly illustrated and well‑researched book offers a compelling counter‑narrative to Riyadh’s image as a global capital driven by massive development. Focusing on a humanization programme initiated under Mayor Abdulaziz bin Ayyaf, it explores how public spaces, pedestrian infrastructure, and everyday community life shape a resilient, people‑centred urban future. Elsheshtawy combines critical theory, personal observation, and urban insight to show how Riyadh thrives through its inhabitants.
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Includes index.

Introduction: Discovering Riyadh -- Part I: City Governance for the People (Ch.2 Mayors and the City; Ch.3 People‑Centred Urbanism) -- Part II: Contextualizing Riyadh (Ch.4 Scenes from Riyadh; Ch.5 Riyadh’s Urban Growth and Development) -- Part III: Humanizing Riyadh (Ch.6 A Flâneur in Riyadh; Ch.7 Riyadh Drifting; Ch.8 Green Dreams; Ch.9 Regulating Informality) -- Ch.10 Conclusion: The Future of Riyadh -- Index.

This richly illustrated and well‑researched book offers a compelling counter‑narrative to Riyadh’s image as a global capital driven by massive development. Focusing on a humanization programme initiated under Mayor Abdulaziz bin Ayyaf, it explores how public spaces, pedestrian infrastructure, and everyday community life shape a resilient, people‑centred urban future. Elsheshtawy combines critical theory, personal observation, and urban insight to show how Riyadh thrives through its inhabitants.

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