Worlding Cities in the Middle East and North Africa – Arguments for a Conceptual Turn

This article suggest analyzing megaprojects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as worlding practices, hence, as a way to influence emerging countries’ own status of being in the world. This analytical lens differs from traditional perspectives that have tried to identify regional part...

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Publicado no:Middle East - Topics & Arguments
Autor principal: Beier, Raffael
Formato: Artikel (Zeitschrift)
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Publicado em: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2019
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Resumo:This article suggest analyzing megaprojects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as worlding practices, hence, as a way to influence emerging countries’ own status of being in the world. This analytical lens differs from traditional perspectives that have tried to identify regional particularities such as the influence of Gulf countries and an authoritarian way of planning. Seeing megaprojects as worlding aspirations, instead, helps to see them embedded in a wider global context, stressing the post-colonial and developmental dimension of this significant planning trend. It further allows emphasizing interactions with other urban policies such as slum resettlement.
DOI:10.17192/meta.2019.12.7828