Building the Inclusive City : Governance, Access, and the Urban Transformation of Dubai
- Author
- Victor Santiago Pineda
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Social Science
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This book is an anthropological urban study of the Emirate of Dubai, its institutions, and their evolution. It provides a contemporary history of disability in city planning from a non-Western perspective and explores the cultural context for its positioning. Three insights inform the author’s approach. First, disability research, much like other urban or social issues, must be situated in a particular place
Keywords: Social Science / Urban Studies / Sociology / Disability Studies / Public Policy / Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights / Middle Eastern Culture / Urban Studies / Urban Affairs / Urban Planning / Urban Governance / Disability Studies / Middle East / Dubai / City States / Urbanization / Public Administration / Sociology / Development Studies / Public Policy / Gulf Studies
