Jamel Akbar (8 results)
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- First Edition
Seller: Aynam Book Disposals (ABD), Kendal, CUMBR, United KingdomAynam Book Disposals (ABD)
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.
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Published by Mimar, Concept Media, Singapore, 1988
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United KingdomLeakey's Bookshop Ltd.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. Pp 262. Illustrations. Original cloth . D/w. Withdrawn from the library of the Glasgow School of Art. Fully librarianised but a decent working copy.
Language: English
Published by Mimar, Singapore, 1988
- Hardcover
Seller: Matthew Butler Books PBFA, Badminton, United KingdomMatthew Butler Books PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cloth covers, d/j with shelfwear to edges. Pp.261, over 200 b/w photographs, diagrams, plans, maps, reproductions. Who controls the development in cities - historically owners and communities, these days Governments and local authorities. The results in the devel…oping world are not always good….
- Softcover
Seller: killarneybooks, Inagh, CLARE, Irelandkillarneybooks
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paperback, 261 pages, over 220 illustrations including photographs and drawings, NOT ex-library. Clean interior with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Cover is age-toned. Spine noticeably creased with faint grubby marks. -- In the traditional Muslim settlement, owners and…users enjoyed maximum control over the built environment which led to maximising the best use of available space and resources. The environment was shaped through mutual agreement and time-tested conventions, with minimal intervention from authorities. A different pattern of responsibility exists in the contemporary Muslim city. Control is vested in the government, which maintains an orderly state of affairs through proliferating regulations. This has led to responsibility being dispersed amongst those sharing physical elements and urban spaces resulting in many unforeseen and often disastrous consequences. The author delineates the principles that shaped the traditional Muslim environment by investigating traditional and contemporary legal systems, the decision making process, cases of disputes among neighbours, territorial structures and conventions. Using a constructed model of responsibility (a synthesis of two concepts, the concept of claims and the concept of parties), he traces the claims of ownership, control and use and evaluates the contemporary built environment. The main argument is that without understanding mechanisms such as control, one cannot understand the built environment and thus cannot design it. The book provides some serious food for thought for scholars and those involved in implementing the national development policies in the Third World. It will also arouse the interest of the lay observer on the Muslim community life-styles past and present. -- Contents: Introduction; 1. Forms of Submission in the Traditional Environment [Dispersed Form of Submission; Unified Form of Submission (Principles of Ownership in the Traditional Environment; Revivification; Allotment; Principles of Revivification and Allotment; Incentives to Act); Permissive Form of Submission (Servitude; Leasing); Possessive Form of Submission (Appropriation; Agricultural Land); Trusteeship Form of Submission]; 2. Changes in the Traditional Forms of Submission [Ottoman Empire; Arab World]; 3. Synthesis of the Forms of Submission [Size and Remoteness of Parties; Nigh Party; Party's Initiative; Significance of the Forms of Submission]; 4. Growth and Formation of Towns [Growth of Towns (Terminology; Al-Kufah; Baghdad (Madinat as-Salam)]; 5. Freedom and Control [Neither 'Darar' nor 'Dirar'; Interpreting Damage; Freedom and Damage; Counteracting Damages; Pre-existing Damage; Right of Precedence; Users' Cunning; Autonomy of a Property]; 6. Elements of the Traditional Built Environment [Fina' (Control of the Fina'); Public Spaces (Ownership of Streets; Control of Streets; Role of the Muhtasib; Encroachments on the Street; The Street as a Medial); Hima; Dead-end Streets (Ownership; Control)]; 7. Size of Party versus Size of Property [Mechanisms of Changing Sizes; Disputes Among Members; Divisibility of Elements; Principles of Subdivision; Territorial Transformations]; 8. Consequences of the Shift of Responsibility [Contemporary Regulations; Ordered Versus Organised (Built Environment as an Ecosystem); Territories; Initiative of Responsibility; Potential of the Physical Environment; Two Case Studies; Postcriptum]; Footnotes; Bibliography [Non Arabic; Arabic]; Glossary; Index.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Prior Books Ltd, Cheltenham, United KingdomPrior Books Ltd
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's hardback in very good condition: firm and square, strong joints, just mildly bumped at the lower fore-edges. Complete with original dustjacket: slightly edge-worn and a little darkened, even so still showing well. Contents tight and cle…an; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in presentable condition.
- Hardcover
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, FranceSan Francisco Book Company
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Cloth/no dust jacket Quarto. gray cloth black lettering no dust jacket 261 pp small water stain bottom of spine Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
- Softcover
Seller: Istanbul Books, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul Books
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Condition: New. The book argues that interactions between the claims of "ownership", "control" and "use" can elucidate crisis in our environments through measuring responsibilities. Levels of responsibility created by propeties' and individuals' rights developed by societal systems, shape our attitudes and actions in most realms… of urban life such as utilization, maintenance, investments, etc. In this edition, further arguments were added such as the impossibility of achieving sustainability and justice within socialism or capitalism. Editors: Translator: 378 pages.
Published by White Lotus Press, Leiden, 1988
- Softcover
Seller: SEATE BOOKS, APO, AP, U.S.A.SEATE BOOKS
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. no dj. Crisis in the Buili Environment. Book.
