Built on sand? Emerging cities on the Arabian Peninsula in the Knowledge Economy context

Built on sand? Emerging cities on the Arabian Peninsula in the Knowledge Economy context

urban development, developing city, emerging city, architecture, knowledge economy

Cities with a high global significance in non-physical, functional knowledge economy networks have recently emerged on the Arabian Peninsula. The geo-strategic position of these cities in between rising economies in Asia and traditional centers of economic growth in Europe and North America has influenced the rapid local, urban development in a global knowledge economy context. The present research document presents an analysis of three case-study cities on the Arabian Peninsula : Dubai, Doha and Manama. A newly defined method triangulation shows that non-physical, functional networks and physical, urban development are interdependent. Competitiveness and attractiveness are identified as necessary pre-requisites for cities to retain and extend their significance in the global knowledge economy context. An integrated urban and regional planning approach is seen to be a key instrument to establish global competitiveness and attractiveness.

Schein, Elisabeth

TUM-Technische Universitüt München

2009

Thierstein, Alain. Supervisor

en

Thesis

http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:91-diss-20090904-795793-1-2

http://lallier.msh-vdl.fr/theses/items/show/983

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