Building Migrant Cities in the Gulf: Urban Transformation in the Middle East
Human history has seen many settlements transformed or built entirely by expatriate work forces and foreigners arriving from various places. Recent migration patterns in the Gulf have led to emerging 'airport societies' on unprecedented scales. Most guest workers, both labourers and mid to high-income groups, perceive their stay as a temporary opportunity to earn suitable income or gain experience. This timely book analyses the essential characteristics of this unique urban phenomenon substantiated by concrete examples and empirical research. Both authors have lived and worked in the Gulf including Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates during various periods between 2006 and 2014. They explore Gulf cities from macro and interconnected perspectives rather than focusing solely on singular aspects within the built environment. As academic architects specialised in urbanism and the complex dynamics between people and places the authors build new bridges for understanding demographic and social changes impacting urban transformations in the Gulf.
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Building Migrant Cities in the Gulf: Urban Transformation in the Middle East
Human history has seen many settlements transformed or built entirely by expatriate work forces and foreigners arriving from various places. Recent migration patterns in the Gulf have led to emerging 'airport societies' on unprecedented scales. Most guest workers, both labourers and mid to high-income groups, perceive their stay as a temporary opportunity to earn suitable income or gain experience. This timely book analyses the essential characteristics of this unique urban phenomenon substantiated by concrete examples and empirical research. Both authors have lived and worked in the Gulf including Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates during various periods between 2006 and 2014. They explore Gulf cities from macro and interconnected perspectives rather than focusing solely on singular aspects within the built environment. As academic architects specialised in urbanism and the complex dynamics between people and places the authors build new bridges for understanding demographic and social changes impacting urban transformations in the Gulf.
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Building Migrant Cities in the Gulf: Urban Transformation in the Middle East

Building Migrant Cities in the Gulf: Urban Transformation in the Middle East

Building Migrant Cities in the Gulf: Urban Transformation in the Middle East

Building Migrant Cities in the Gulf: Urban Transformation in the Middle East

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Overview

Human history has seen many settlements transformed or built entirely by expatriate work forces and foreigners arriving from various places. Recent migration patterns in the Gulf have led to emerging 'airport societies' on unprecedented scales. Most guest workers, both labourers and mid to high-income groups, perceive their stay as a temporary opportunity to earn suitable income or gain experience. This timely book analyses the essential characteristics of this unique urban phenomenon substantiated by concrete examples and empirical research. Both authors have lived and worked in the Gulf including Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates during various periods between 2006 and 2014. They explore Gulf cities from macro and interconnected perspectives rather than focusing solely on singular aspects within the built environment. As academic architects specialised in urbanism and the complex dynamics between people and places the authors build new bridges for understanding demographic and social changes impacting urban transformations in the Gulf.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780755641246
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/28/2021
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Florian Wiedmann is Assistant Professor of Urban Design at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Ashraf M. Salama is Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde Glasgow, UK.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations vii

Acknowledgements x

Preface xi

1 Introduction: Migration and urban transformation 1

Migration and housing 4

Migration as historic heritage in the Gulf 7

Welfare states, migration and urban transformation 11

The structure of the book 18

2 Visions of migration-based urbanism 25

The social and economic realities along the Gulf coast 28

Key characteristics of recent development visions 34

Conclusion 47

3 Enabling housing supply through new forms of governance 53

Historic governance and housing supply in the Gulf 55

Urban entrepreneurialism as a new form of governance 60

New restructuring tendencies within governance 69

Conclusion 74

4 Mega projects: A catalyst for migrant urbanism 81

Dubai as pioneer of event urbanism 83

The case of New Dubai 85

Liberalized real estate markets in Bahrain 93

A comparative discourse on two pioneers 99

Conclusion 102

5 New housing typologies and urban consolidation 109

Manama's three urban expansions 111

The spatial transformation of Manama 120

New development dynamics in Doha 125

The resulting urban fragmentation in Doha 129

Conclusion 131

6 Lifestyle trends and multicultural perceptions 137

Lifestyle trends in Gulf cities 138

Lifestyle groups and their neighbourhoods 145

Multiculturalism in the Gulf 152

Multicultural perceptions in Qatar 153

Conclusion 161

7 The everyday urban environment of migrant communities 167

Traditional migrant neighbourhoods 171

Contemporary everyday urbanism 180

Mega projects and future everyday urbanism 188

Conclusion 192

8 Building sustainable migrant cities 199

A discourse on space production theories 202

The role of housing in producing urban qualities 209

Towards sustainable urbanism in the Gulf 216

Conclusion 221

Bibliography 227

Index 243

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