Overview
- Contributes to an understanding of the nature of Kurdish settlements
- Fills an important gap in the knowledge of Middle Eastern cities
- Provides a foundation for further studies of other Kurdish cities
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book will fill an important gap in the knowledge of Middle Eastern cities by reconstructing the historical process of Sanandaj's formation and development until the rise of modernization in Iran. It discusses the nature of Kurdish settlements and the interaction between the social and spatial forces that have conditioned the processes and patterns of city formation and development over time. It identifies distinctive aspects of Kurdish settlements, such as their extroverted connection with the landscape, and the fluent interplay between private and public realms in female experience, providing a foundation for further studies of other Kurdish cities in the region. It will be an excellent resource for students and researchers of urban studies, geography, social science, and Kurdish studies.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Hooshmand Alizadeh (PhD in urban design, Newcastle University/UK, 2006), is associate professor at the Kurdistan Studies Institute, the University of Kurdistan and senior postdoc researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He has more than fifteen years’ teaching and research experience in Urban Studies, particularly regarding aspects of urbanism and public space. His primary scholarly achievement is the development of the concept of the Kurdish city and women’s spatial interactions and empowerment, based on a comparative study in different urban contexts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Building a traditional Kurdish City
Book Subtitle: The Urban Morphology of Sanandaj
Authors: Hooshmand Alizadeh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3634-9
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3633-2Published: 09 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3634-9Published: 08 October 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 218
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, History of the Middle East, Middle Eastern Culture