Re-imaging the City A New Conceptualisation of the Urban Logic of th

Somaiyeh Falahat investigates the spatial and morphological logic of pre-modern Middle Eastern and North African cities, so-called “Islamic cities”. She bases her argument on the fact that the city, and consequently its form and structure, similar to othe

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Somaiyeh Falahat

Re-imaging the City A New Conceptualisation of the Urban Logic of the “Islamic city”

Somaiyeh Falahat Berlin, Germany

ISBN 978-3-658-04595-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-04596-8

ISBN 978-3-658-04596-8 (eBook)

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Acknowledgements Foremost I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Professor Dr. Eduard Fiihr for his kind support and insightful advice throughout the research. I am also thankful to Prof. Dr. Riklef Ramhow, Prof. Inken Baller, Prof. Dr. Ali Madanipour, Prof. Dr. Frank Schwartze, Dr. Katharina Fleischmann and Prof. Dr. Achim Hahn for their invaluable comments on the work. I would like to express my appreciation to Mr. Ahmad Montazer, Dr. Maryam Ghasemi, their stodents from Isfahan University, the staff ofNaghsh-i Jaban Pars Consultation, National Cultural Heritage Organisation in Isfilhan, and the residents of the Jubam, Posht-e Masjed-e Emam and Hakim neighbourhoods i