Urban Challenges in the Globalizing Middle-East: Social Value of Public Spaces (The Urban Book Series)

Foreword: Rethinking the ‘Lived’ Within the ‘Urban’ of the Middle Eastern City
Contents
Editors and Contributors
1 Towards New Directions for Public Spaces in the Globalising Middle East
	References
Part I The Right to City and Conceptualisations of Public Spaces
2 Space Production in Times of Neoliberalism
	2.1 The Right to the City: Theory and Definition
	2.2 Evolution of Spatial Production, Collective Occupation of Space and the Right to the City
	2.3 The First City: The Space of Contact
	2.4 The Second City: The Space of Spectacle
	2.5 The Third City: The City of Movements, the Urban Space
	2.6 The Fourth City: The Space of Information, and the Space of Human Rights
	2.7 Case Study: Re-reading the Right to the City in Tehran, Iran
	2.8 Discussion and Conclusion
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3 Transnational Urban Space in the Global South: Cases from Qatar and Malaysia
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Economic Restructuring in the Global South: The Cases of Qatar and Johor, Malaysia
		3.2.1 The Rise of Qatar’s Economic and Geopolitical Ambitions
		3.2.2 Johor as Part of the Straits Megacity Region
	3.3 Case Study #1: The “Public” Space of Qatar Foundation
	3.4 Case Study #2: The Transit Space of Iskandar Malaysia
	3.5 Conclusions
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4 Beirut: Place of Post-crisis
	4.1 Beirut: Spaces of Dynamic Reconstruction
	4.2 The Project: Quality and Insecurity of Places
	4.3 The Project: Dialogue and Discontinuity of Places
	4.4 Reconsidering Karm El-Zeitoun Area
	4.5 Riverside 2404, Dialogue between Deaf Places
	4.6 End of Time-Places
5 Private and Public Spaces in the Middle East: Urban Contaminations
	5.1 Beirut
	5.2 Dubai
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6 Looking for the Liberal in the Neo-Liberal City [Alternative Public Spaces from Lebanon]
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 The Promise and the Reality of Qarantina Play Garden
	6.3 Dalieh: A Coastal Site Caught Between Public Use and Private Ownership
	6.4 Green Open Spaces Waiting for Godot in the Waterfront City
	6.5 Conclusion
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Part II Urban Design Strategies for the Creation and Regeneration of Public Spaces
7 The Trilogy of Heritage, Public Art and Public Spaces: The Case of Fire Station Art and Cultural Development, Doha, Qatar
	7.1 Introduction and Historical Background
	7.2 Contextualizing the Meaning of Public Space
	7.3 Understanding the Complexity of Public Spaces
	7.4 The Contemporary Status of Public Spaces in the Middle East: Existential Threats
	7.5 On the Privatization of Public Spaces
	7.6 Revisiting Public Art in the Context of Gulf Cities
	7.7 Public Art in the City: Main Issues Within the Qatari Context
	7.8 Contesting Doha Fire Station: A Hub for Social and Creative Exchange
	7.9 The Triology and the Urban Vibrancy: (Re)Inventing the Public Space
	7.10 Democratization of Public Spaces: Reclaiming Spaces for the Community
	7.11 The Cultural and Symbolic Role
	7.12 Conclusions and Future Thoughts
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8 Public Space Design as a Project of Urban Voids
	8.1 Tripoli Madinat-al Qadima
	8.2 The Oasis-Town of Ghadames
	8.3 Conclusions
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9 Social Values of Public Spaces for Heritage Restoration in the Middle East
	9.1 Introduction and Context
	9.2 Heritage Safeguarding and Globalization
	9.3 Rediscovery the Sense of Community Belonging—Defensive Structures
	9.4 Strengthen the Sense of Social Attachment—Residential Quarters
	9.5 The Appreciation of Cultural Values: Religious Buildings
	9.6 Improve the Local Economic Growth—Commercial Places
	9.7 Respect the Environmental Context Through the Requalification of Landscape—Natural and Archaeological Sites
	9.8 Heritage Restoration to Enhance the Social Values of Local Public Places
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10 Urban Recovery Processes for Public Spaces in Middle Eastern Cities
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Beirut and Nicosia
	10.3 A Vision for Aleppo
	10.4 Design for Public Spaces in Aleppo
		10.4.1 The Courtyard Garden Network
		10.4.2 The Mousalla (Open Area Prayer Square)
		10.4.3 The Archaeological Areas
		10.4.4 The Tells
	10.5 Conclusion
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11 Urban Fabrics and the Future of Transport-Oriented Development in Gulf Cities
	11.1 Introduction
	11.2 The Dubai Metro
	11.3 Lessons from Two Metro Stations: Al Ghubaiba and Financial District
	11.4 Conclusion
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12 Occupying Transit Spaces: The Case of Lebanon’s Abandoned Railways
	12.1 Introduction
	12.2 Stations of the Railway Era: Connecting Cultures
		12.2.1 The Case of Rayak
	12.3 Prohibited Stations in a Post-war Country
		12.3.1 Occupied
		12.3.2 Privatized
		12.3.3 Unfamiliar
		12.3.4 Green Backyards
	12.4 Stations of the Future: A Space to Reinvest
		12.4.1 The Beirut-Tripoli Railway
		12.4.2 The Beirut–Bekaa Railway
		12.4.3 Discharged Stations: A Much Needed Public Facility
		12.4.4 Restored Stations: Linking Culture and Technology
		12.4.5 New Stations: Planning a Station Neighbourhood
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13 Place and Space of Global Sport in the Gulf Region: Promotion, Development and Identity Narratives
	13.1 Introduction
	13.2 Sport, Globalisation and Localisation Debates
	13.3 Sport and the Branding of the Gulf Region
	13.4 Space and Place for Physical Activity and Health
	13.5 Conclusion
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Index