In this era of climate change, novel nature-based solutions, like the daylighting (de-culverting)... more In this era of climate change, novel nature-based solutions, like the daylighting (de-culverting) of streams, that enhance the socio-ecological resilience are gaining prominence. Yet, the growing body of literature on stream daylighting spreads over an array of seemingly disconnected disciplines and lacks consistency in the terminology and the definitions of the practice. Moreover, nearly all the literature review studies on stream daylighting (mostly produced since 2000) underscore, as their point of departure, the daylighting projects rather than a review of the literature's content per se. Therefore, this study reassesses the literature on stream daylighting with a particular focus on its role, as a nature-based solution, for climate change mitigation and adaptation and for socio-environmental justice. We combine the systematic literature review (an all-encompassing review of the available literature on stream daylighting) with the inductive content analysis (an in-depth analysis of this literature's nature). Accordingly, we investigate all the relevant English-language publications since the first peer reviewed article on stream daylighting was published in 1992 until the end of 2018 to analyze four themes: the disciplines and sub-disciplines of the literature; the terminologies and synonyms of stream daylighting; the definitions of stream daylighting; and the case studies tackled in the literature. • We develop a method that combines a systematic review of the stream daylighting literature and inductive content analysis.
• The method provides insights on the stream daylighting’s literature’s disciplines, terminologies, synonyms and case studies.
• The method is adaptable particularly, to nascent areas of study where sources’ numbers range between 100-200.
In the wake of the “Arab Spring” and the plethora of reforms and institutional restructuring that... more In the wake of the “Arab Spring” and the plethora of reforms and institutional restructuring that followed, the discourse on governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has taken a new turn. The credence of citizen action as a force for positive change and the potential for proposed administrative reform to achieve improved and equitable access to resources present broadening areas for further research and analysis. The consideration that “governance [is] a conceptual framework for political change and progress in the local arena” (McCarney 2003, 51) renders urban governance a fitting conceptual underpinning to ground the debate on future directions in MENA. This edited volume considers urban governance the nexus of the interactions among the state, the market, and civil society – the three constituents of social order (Figure 1.1). The complexity of these interactions generates an urban governance conundrum that ensues from three interrelated dynamics. The first occurs between the authoritarian state’s technologies of power and civil society’s technologies of citizenship; the second between the state and the market through neoliberalism’s concomitance with MENA’s economic push and pull factors; and the third as a concurrent tug between the market’s tendency to exclude civil society from the governance scheme and civil society’s inclination to actively engage in it. The following three sections, which also echo the three parts of the book, dissect this urban governance conundrum to elucidate the nuances of MENA’s governance gap and to set the stage for the case studies presented in this volume.
World Heritage, Urban Design and Tourism: Three Cities in the Middle East
Urban planners and conservationists in historic cities around the world grapple with the competin... more Urban planners and conservationists in historic cities around the world grapple with the competing interests of conservation, urban design, and economic and social development. This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to the key relationships between heritage conservation, city space design, and tourism development in historic cities, linking theory and practice in a unique way. The book offers an investigation of three Middle Eastern historic cities, Aleppo, Acre and Salt, all of which face significant challenges of heritage conservation, adaptation to contemporary needs, and tourism development. It presents practical scenarios for the conservation and design of historic urban spaces and the development of sustainable tourism, from the perspective of planners, local communities and international tourists.
The author offers a comparative approach which transcends political strife and provides valuable lessons for the other cities inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, especially those in developing countries.
Contents: Part I The Context: Historic urban landscapes: world heritage and the contradictions of tourism; Historic and morphological review. Part II Place-Making: Documentation and value assessments: the identification of local and global significance; Place-making strategies; Public participation in world heritage planning: from evolution to implementation. Part III Place Experience: Place experience; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
Reviews: ‘In this book, Luna Khirfan does an admirable job of connecting three distinct fields which have often been studied separately; World Heritage Studies, Tourism Studies, and Urban Design Research. By focusing on a few, but sometimes less explored, Middle Eastern cities like Acre and al-Salt, in addition to the well-researched Aleppo, she interrogates the complexities and conflicts involved in the interweaving of tourist development policies with the rehabilitation of historic sites through contemporary urban design practices.’
Nezar AlSayyad, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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• We develop a method that combines a systematic review of the stream daylighting literature and inductive content analysis.
• The method provides insights on the stream daylighting’s literature’s disciplines, terminologies, synonyms and case studies.
• The method is adaptable particularly, to nascent areas of study where sources’ numbers range between 100-200.
The author offers a comparative approach which transcends political strife and provides valuable lessons for the other cities inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, especially those in developing countries.
Contents: Part I The Context: Historic urban landscapes: world heritage and the contradictions of tourism; Historic and morphological review. Part II Place-Making: Documentation and value assessments: the identification of local and global significance; Place-making strategies; Public participation in world heritage planning: from evolution to implementation. Part III Place Experience: Place experience; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
Reviews: ‘In this book, Luna Khirfan does an admirable job of connecting three distinct fields which have often been studied separately; World Heritage Studies, Tourism Studies, and Urban Design Research. By focusing on a few, but sometimes less explored, Middle Eastern cities like Acre and al-Salt, in addition to the well-researched Aleppo, she interrogates the complexities and conflicts involved in the interweaving of tourist development policies with the rehabilitation of historic sites through contemporary urban design practices.’
Nezar AlSayyad, University of California, Berkeley, USA