Main entry:

Shiber, Saba George, author.

Title & Author:

The Kuwait urbanization : documentation, analysis, critique.

Publication:

[Kuwait?] : [Publisher not identified], [1964]

Description:

lxxii, 643 pages : illustrations ; 34 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
pt. 1. The urban-architectural surge of Kuwait. Structure and architecture of the typical Arab town -- Drama of Kuwait from the air -- The tradition and change of Kuwait -- Kuwait buildup: admiration, doubts and forms -- Saga of Kuwait planning: a critique -- pt. 2. Harnessing the urban-architectural revolution of Kuwait. Planning principles as urban form determinants -- Municipal council takes command of urban affairs -- Central business district (CBD) redevelopment and urban design -- Central park and the corniche scheme -- Neighborhood units, private and limited-income housing -- Laying the fundationstones for the master-plan of Kuwait -- Comprehensive planning comes of age -- pt. 3. Facts, problems and case studies. Architecture and urban aesthetics in Kuwait: significance or superficiality -- Expanding Kuwait's horizons of agriculture and landscaping -- Analysis of miscellaneous aspects -- pt. 4. Analysis for the urban-architectural synthesis. Visual planning, scale and spatial conceptualization in the urban synthesis -- Kineetic and kinesthetic factors in city planning -- Pattern and non-pattern in urban formation -- What is urban atmosphere? -- Significance and symbolism in the Kuwait urbanization -- Towards a theorem of urbanization?
Title in English and Arabic. Text in English only.

Subject:

City planning Kuwait Kuwait.
City planning.
City planning Kuwait.
Urbanisme 1945-
Urbanisme Koweït.
Cities and towns, Planning Kuwait.
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS.
Cities and towns Planning Kuwait (City)
Cities and towns Planning 1945-
Kuwait
Kuwait Kuwait

Added entries:

al-Madianah al-Kuwaitiyyah.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 139043
Call No.: IDX; ID:87-B17078
Status: Available