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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-77035-3
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Architecture
Body granting the degree
University of Kansas
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2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The growth of many old Middle Eastern cities occurred in a somewhat spontaneous manner, without pre-planning, for several hundred years. In the recent decades, however, modern planning practices and models have been applied to these cities for controlling and managing their rapid expansions. The overlap between these two phases of the development of these old cities increased the complexity of their urban form over time, which presently exhibits itself in three different patterns: organic, modern, and hybrid (i.e. a pattern included both of organic and modern patterns).