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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Published in:Geographical review 1986-04, Vol.76 (2), p.160-172
Main Authors: Costa, Frank J., Noble, Allen G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bgi / Prodig
Cities
City planning
Economic development
Houses
Human geography
Kinship
Neighborhoods
Residential buildings
Towns
Urban design
Urban geography
Urban space
Urbanism and town planning
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Summary: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