This book challenges the conventional (modernist-inspired) understanding of urbanization
as a universal process tied to the ideal-typical model of the modern metropolis with its …

Rachid and Khalil had met near the town of Jbeil, about one hour north of Beirut, during the
summer 1994, a time when the Lebanese rediscovered their country after almost twenty …

This book examines the legacy of Lebanon's civil war and how the population, and the youth
in particular, are dealing with their national past. Drawing on extensive qualitative research …

2018 IPHS Special Book Prize Award Recipient The Routledge Handbook of Planning
History offers a comprehensive interdisciplinary overview of planning history since its …

Throughout the centuries Beirut has had an endless capacity for reinvention and
transformation, a consequence of migration, conquest, trade, and internal conflict. the last …

The architect and planner Michel Ecochard has had a long career in developing countries,
from its first works in Syria under the French rule, until the 1970s. He represented the …

Since its foundation in the first half of the 19th century, Mersin has undergone transformation
from a coastal village into a metropolitan area with a population of 850,000. This has been …

This article introduces an intervention framework to build the capacity of Lebanese youth to
participate in effectively preserving Beirut's heritage. Despite the current sectarian politics …

Tripoli, Lebanon's' Sunni City'is often presented as an Islamist or even Jihadi city. However,
this misleading label conceals a much deeper history of resistance and collaboration with …

Many areas in the world with chronic and intermittent water shortages rely on informal water
systems for much of their daily water needs with water from tanker trucks, purchased bottled …