Dubai amplified : the engineering of a port geography / Stephen J. Ramos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramos, Stephen J.

Series:

Design and the built environment series.

Design and the built environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harbors--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate).

Harbors.

Infrastructure (Economics)--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate).

Infrastructure (Economics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A detailed examination of the increasingly ambitious developments and infrastructure programmes realized in Dubai since the 1970's. This book provides an invaluable understanding of Dubai urbanism, but by highlighting the cycle of typological borrowing, prototypical replication, and scalar amplification. It also argues that the definition of 'infrastructure' in this type of territorial development should be expanded into a set of objects, networks and services that cities can replicate and amplify.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Infrastructure, Port Cities, Development; 2 Blueprint; 3 Boom; 4 Jebel Ali; 5 Borrowing, Replication, Amplification; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-14761-8

1-317-14760-X

1-315-57824-7

1-282-89228-2

9786612892288

1-4094-0823-X

9781315578248

OCLC:

689997339