Planning Arabic Towns

Urban form and settlement patterns have changed dramatically in Saudi Arabia as a result of increased wealth and a shift to an urban services-based economy. Traditional Saudi urban form reflected climatic and social-religious constraints. Recent developments have followed Western urban forms that la...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geographical review 1986-04, Vol.76 (2), p.160-172
Hauptverfasser: Costa, Frank J., Noble, Allen G.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Urban form and settlement patterns have changed dramatically in Saudi Arabia as a result of increased wealth and a shift to an urban services-based economy. Traditional Saudi urban form reflected climatic and social-religious constraints. Recent developments have followed Western urban forms that largely ignore tradition. The gemeinschaft-gesellschaft model is proposed as an approach to unite traditional and recent urban forms into a coherent physical settlement.
ISSN:0016-7428
1931-0846
DOI:10.2307/214622