Urban Form in the Arab World: Past and Present

Hakim, Besim S.

doi:10.1016/s0264-2751(01)00036-1

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“…There is a large body of research addressing heritage conservation in Saudi Arabia [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] and the Gulf regions [2][3][4]6,18,[36][37][38][39][40][41][42] with particular reference to urban heritage [43][44][45][46][47]. In contrast, the notion of sustainable heritage reuse is newly targeted.…”

Section: Materials: a Literature Review On Saudi Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Heritage in Saudi Arabia: Comparison and Assessment of Sustainable Reuses

Mazzetto

Vanini

2023

Sustainability

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Saudi Arabia witnessed unprecedented urban development starting from the 1930s due to oil discovery, leading to the construction of new contemporary cities and high-tech buildings. Recently, starting from the late 1990s, an increasing feeling of esteem toward vernacular architecture and local traditions has promoted several heritage rehabilitation projects. This paper aims to assess selected urban heritage interventions to highlight the importance of sustainable approaches in heritage reuse. An assessment of sustainable reuse was conducted by adopting sustainability criteria and principles in compliance with Saudi Arabia’s national vision for 2030 (Saudi Vision 2030), which targets sustainable growth in the post-oil era. Analyses and data collection make it possible to compare four selected case studies based on materials and techniques for preservation, governmental institutions involved, the assessed methodologies of intervention, and relevant parameters (legibility, reversibility, overshadowing, alteration, replacement, and anastylosis). Results show how different institutions have adopted diverse approaches in conservative methodologies based on heritage values to provide flexibility in the reuse of buildings and adaptation to contemporary needs. Assessing the sustainable reuses of Saudi heritage can lead to a strategic change in national growth targeting social, economic, environmental, and ecologic results.

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Section: Materials: a Literature Review On Saudi Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Heritage in Saudi Arabia: Comparison and Assessment of Sustainable Reuses

Mazzetto

Vanini

2023

Sustainability

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“…In traditional Islamic cities mosques had a significant location in the urban landscape (Williams, 2007), where the Great Mosque was first to be laid at the center, while smaller local mosques served clusters of residential quarters (Bianca, 2000, p. 37). Bianca (2000) described traditional Arab muslim cities as "usually focused on a multifunctional core structure enveloping or at least partially surrounding the central mosque by different layers of interconnected suqs" (p. 142). The distribution of local mosques is intended to be scattered and fully decentralized for greater accessibility (AlHemaidi, 2001;Baker & Holt, 2004).…”

Section: Religious Buildings In Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making religious buildings more accessible: The case of mosques in Abu Dhabi’s and Dubai’s neighborhoods

Alawadi,

Alkhaja,

Alazab Alhadhrami

et al. 2023

JTLU

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More than a house of worship, religious buildings have a critical and authoritative role in the social and political life of people. Yet, such places of divine and spirit have received limited attention in transportation and urban planning research. This research evaluates accessibility to one kind of religious institution: mosques. The article studies the ease of access to mosques at walkable distances of 400 m and 800 m radii in twelve selected neighborhoods in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Analysis uses the gravity metric under two network scenarios: streets only, and the combined network of streets and alleys. Gravity values demonstrate three types of accessibility to mosques: plots without access, plots with minimum access to one mosque, and plots with choice access to more than one mosque. Findings show neighborhoods have experienced an erratic decrease in accessibility to mosques. In both cities, percentages of plots with an overall accessibility to mosques, (sum of both minimum and choice), were higher in the pre- and-early-suburban phases. With the inclusion of alleyways, the overall accessibility percentages increased in many cases. The study reveals that good pedestrian accessibility results from an effective interplay between street design, plot densities, network intersection density, strategic placement of alleys, and mosques’ ratio and spatial distribution.

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“…Primarily, human behaviour tends to conform to the predominant dimensions of living in a particular community, for example, by embracing the common beliefs, norms, values, economics, politics and the natural/built environment. In this regard, Bianca [9] states that the physical environment represents, '… every genuine cultural tradition, architecture and urban form' and that this '… can be seen as a natural expression of prevailing spiritual values and beliefs …. it is an outcome of tradition and daily practices which correspond to certain spiritual principles' ( [9], p. 22).…”

Section: Responding To the Urban Edgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this regard, Bianca [9] states that the physical environment represents, '… every genuine cultural tradition, architecture and urban form' and that this '… can be seen as a natural expression of prevailing spiritual values and beliefs …. it is an outcome of tradition and daily practices which correspond to certain spiritual principles' ( [9], p. 22). These factors embed the interrelationship between space, time and culture.…”

Section: Responding To the Urban Edgementioning

confidence: 99%

The Street Edge: Micro-Morphological Analysis of the Street Characteristics of Baghdad, Iraq

Al-Saaidy¹

2022

Sustainable Development Dimensions and Urban Agglomeration

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In Arabic cities, diversity can be seen in the development of the same underlying order. This assists to manage to qualify well-defined relationships with various levels of movement in the urban setting. The micro-morphological examination is used to emphasise further the spatial pattern at a micro-level within a macro-scale scope. Hence, micro-level studies are essential in evaluating the built environment with regard to private and public domain. Terminologically, the notion of the symbiosis of how the private and public domains interact with each other is needed. Also, there is a need for people to know their rights when using the street edge and the extent to which they (the owner/user) have the authority to modify the public space. The transition of the urban pattern from the traditional order (spontaneous pattern) to the modern model (pre-planned system) not only changes the spatial morphological structure entities but also transformed the association of the private and public domain.

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Urban Form in the Arab World: Past and Present

Cited by 17 publications

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Urban Heritage in Saudi Arabia: Comparison and Assessment of Sustainable Reuses

Urban Heritage in Saudi Arabia: Comparison and Assessment of Sustainable Reuses

Making religious buildings more accessible: The case of mosques in Abu Dhabi’s and Dubai’s neighborhoods

The Street Edge: Micro-Morphological Analysis of the Street Characteristics of Baghdad, Iraq

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