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9781138300309

Planning Abu Dhabi : An Urban History / Alamira Reem Bani Hashim

Publication year: 2019

ISBN: 9781138300309

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Alamira Reem, a native Abu Dhabian and urban planner and researcher who has studied the emirate’s development for more than a decade, is uniquely placed to write its urban history. Following the introduction and description of Abu Dhabi’s early modern history, she focuses on three distinct periods dating from the discovery of oil in 1960, and coinciding with periods in power of the three rulers since then: Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1960–1966), Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1966–2004), and Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2004–). Based on archival research, key interviews and spatial mapping, she analyses the different approaches of each ruler to development; investigates the role of planning consultants, architects, developers, construction companies and government agencies; examines the emergence of comprehensive development plans and the policies underlying them; and assesses the effects of these many and varied influences on Abu Dhabi’s development.


Subject: Architecture, Urban planning, Land Use Planning, , City planning, United Arab Emirates Abū Ẓaby History, Urban Development, Urbanisation Émirats arabes unis Abū Ẓabī Histoire, Architectural Design, Architectural Drawing, Architectural Presentation, Planning and Sustainability