Fragmentation and continuity in Qatar's urbanism : towards a hub vision

Salama, Ashraf M. and Wiedmann, Florian; Evren Tok, M. and Alkhater, Lolwa R. M. and Pal, Leslie A., eds. (2016) Fragmentation and continuity in Qatar's urbanism : towards a hub vision. In: Policy-Making in a Transformative State. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., London, United Kingdom, pp. 155-177. ISBN 9781137466396 (https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46639-6_6)

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Abstract

In the past two decades Doha has witnessed enormous urban growth driven by various projects and strategies, which were launched to realise the vision of a hub city within international networks. Successively, the increasing investments in combination with liberalisation strategies have affected the decentralisation of urban governance, while dramatically transforming Doha’s urban structure and built environment. This chapter explores the recent developments in Qatar’s “urbanism”. The impact of large-scale investments of oil and gas revenues on urbanism in Qatar’s capital city of Doha is discussed to offer insights into recent developments by adopting a multi-layered methodological approach that includes two major components. The first is a series of interviews with experts and planners working on strategies and plans within the public sector, while the second is a review of recently published data and figures regarding investments in relation to positioning Doha as future “hub city”. The methodology helps identify investment strategies and aspects of decentralised urban governance within which urban development is undertaken. The chapter concludes with a brief on how a new form of urban governance may enable the effective implementation of a hub vision in the case of Qatar.

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Salama, Ashraf M. and Wiedmann, Florian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0979-0294; Evren Tok, M., Alkhater, Lolwa R. M. and Pal, Leslie A.
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:57479
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    11 August 2016
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    30 November 2015
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    Notes:Fragmentation and continuity in Qatar’s urbanism: towards a hub vision Salama, A. M. & Wiedmann, F., 2016 Policy-Making in a Transformative State: The Case of Qatar. Evren Tok, M., Alkhater, L. R. M. & Pal, L. A. (eds.). London, United Kingdom: Palgrave McMillan, reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here:http://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137466389
    Subjects:Fine Arts > Architecture
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Architecture
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:19 Aug 2016 11:47
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/57479
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