TY - BOOK ID - 100192427 TI - Gulf Sustainable Urbanism. : the past AU - Pollalis, Spiro N. AU - Ardalan, Nader AU - Harvard University. AU - Qatar Foundation PY - 2018 SN - 9789927118968 PB - Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sustainable urban development KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects KW - Middle East KW - Development, Economic KW - Economic growth KW - Growth, Economic KW - Economic policy KW - Economics KW - Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) KW - Development economics KW - Resource curse KW - Environmentally sustainable urban development KW - City planning KW - Sustainable development KW - Asia, South West KW - Asia, Southwest KW - Asia, West KW - Asia, Western KW - East (Middle East) KW - Eastern Mediterranean KW - Fertile Crescent KW - Levant KW - Mediterranean Region, Eastern KW - Mideast KW - Near East KW - Northern Tier (Middle East) KW - South West Asia KW - Southwest Asia KW - West Asia KW - Western Asia KW - Orient KW - Gulf Region KW - Sustainable Urbanism KW - Msheireb Properties UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:100192427 AB - Harvard University Graduate School of Design was the leader of this research project, which took place in 2011-2015, entitled Gulf Sustainable Urbanism (GSU). Scholars from Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran (in geographic order) contributed to the research. A study of urbanization patterns of the past was conducted for eight coastal cities and two associated hinterland cities in eight countries surrounding the Gulf. Urban and regional histories were summarized to understand the complex relationships that generated long-lasting urban forms and efficient building designs. ER -