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The Myth of Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle Eastern Cities: A Multilayered Analysis

The Myth of Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle Eastern Cities: A Multilayered Analysis

Ali A. Alraouf
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781522537342|ISBN10: 1522537341|EISBN13: 9781522537359
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3734-2.ch001
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Alraouf, Ali A. "The Myth of Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle Eastern Cities: A Multilayered Analysis." Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East, edited by Ali A. Alraouf, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3734-2.ch001

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Alraouf, A. A. (2018). The Myth of Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle Eastern Cities: A Multilayered Analysis. In A. Alraouf (Ed.), Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East (pp. 1-23). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3734-2.ch001

Chicago

Alraouf, Ali A. "The Myth of Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle Eastern Cities: A Multilayered Analysis." In Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle East, edited by Ali A. Alraouf, 1-23. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3734-2.ch001

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Abstract

A decade ago, Middle Eastern cities and particularly Gulf cities rushed into the implementation of knowledge-based urban development and knowledge cities as models for development and progress. Unlike the Western models of knowledge and creative cities, Middle Eastern cities attempts were characterized by the mere construction of technologically advanced yet isolated urban entities with the hope that they are promoting the same concepts essential for knowledge cities: integration and dissemination. By analyzing key projects selected from the Middle Eastern context, the chapter concludes that the common failure resulted from transforming these projects into gated communities fully isolated from the city and the community.

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