Screen LibraryDubai amplified：the engineering of a port geography
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| Published: |
Ashgate Pub.,
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| Publisher Address: | Farnham, Surrey, England Burlington, VT |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Design and the built environment series |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 200 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781409408222 (hbk.) 1409408221 (alk. paper) 9781409408239 140940823X |
| Index Number: | U659 |
| CLC: | U659.387 |
| Call Number: | U659.387/R175 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction ---- 1. Infrastructure, port cities, development --- 2. Blueprint --- 3. Boom --- 4. Jebel Ali --- 5. Borrowing, replication, amplification ---- Conclusion. Following the British withdrawal in 1971, the Gulf Region entered a heady period of political restructuring, awash with oil money that helped fund national aspirations. Infrastructure investment became a central part of the region's nation-building init |