TY - BOOK AU - Khanbaghi,Aptin TI - Cities as Built and Lived Environments: Scholarship from Muslim Contexts, 1875 to 2011 T2 - Muslim Civilisations Abstracts : MCA SN - 9780748696185 AV - HT147.5 U1 - 307.7609176709 PY - 2022///] CY - Edinburgh : PB - Edinburgh University Press, KW - Cities and towns KW - Islamic countries KW - History KW - Cities and towns-Islamic countries-History KW - City planning KW - Islamic Studies KW - ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Abstracts in English --; Abstracts in Turkish --; Abstracts in Arabic; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Published in Association with the Institute for the Study of Muslim CivilisationsA collection of over 200 abstracts of research publications on cities, translated into three languagesGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748696185','ISBN:99780748696192');From Tehran in Iran to Istanbul in Turkey, and from Herat in Afghanistan to Khartoum in Sudan, the rich diversity of the Muslim world is strikingly expressed through its myriad of cities. This reference volume presents over 200 abstracts of scholarship examining cities as both built and lived environments. They deal with the important subjects such as urban growth in the last 50 years, infrastructure and the environment and migration from rural areas. The historical periods covered span from the Umayyad Caliphate to the present day.Each abstract is presented in English, Arabic and Turkish, opening up this body of scholarship to new audiences. These abstracts demonstrate how much cities have varied between countries and over time." UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474469814 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474469814 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474469814/original ER -