Urban form and life in Tripoli, Libya : maintaining cultural heritage / Adel M. Remali and Huyam H. Abudib.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Remali, Adel Mohammad, author.

Abudib, Huyam Hadi, author.

Series:

Architecture and urbanism in the Global South.

Architecture and urbanism in the Global South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society.

City and town life--Libya--Tripoli.

City and town life.

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Protection--Libya--Tripoli.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

"This book charts the city of Tripoli's rapid economic, environmental, and physical transformation, investigating how these new developments have failed to incorporate the cultural and historic values of the urban fabric. As a result, the city is juxtaposed between traditional and modern urban forms. Urban Form and Life in Tripoli, Libya: Maintaining Cultural Heritage seeks to address this imbalance and argues for greater understanding of local culture and heritage and how this can be enhanced and preserved in future city developments. It explores the challenges of enabling growth and development to accommodate an increasing population and their changing requirements, whilst sustaining the unique cultural and individual characteristics of place. It traces the evolution of urban form and evaluates street quality and life within the city centre of Tripoli, which represents one of the most central, valued and iconic environments in Libya. It interprets the early urban structure, covering the traditional old town and the colonial urban developments, which includes the Italian Quarter and the Garden City. Through the case study city, the book presents a wider approach for understanding how design can be informed by a deeper knowledge of the structural mechanisms of evolution and change in built form. It will appeal to academics, researchers and students interested in urban history, Islamic architecture, and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Part I Urban Morphology, Urban Form, and Urban Life

1 Theories and Schools of Urban Morphology

2 Urban Form and Urban Life

Part II Tripoli's History and Islamic Principles

3 Historical Evolution of the City of Tripoli

4 Islamic Principles of Built Environment

Part III Investigating the Essence of Tripoli's City Centre

5 Measuring Urban Components at the Neighbourhood Scale: Street Network and Block Structure

6 Analysing the Street Front: Quality and Social Life

7 Analysing the Street Edge: Constitutedness and Social Life

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-309977-7

1-003-09977-7

1-000-73851-5

9781003099772

OCLC:

1344536750