The DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS Reader (DFR) is an attempt to compile and centralize published research resources (books, theses, articles, conference papers, reports, and websites/blogs) about urbanism and urbanization in the Lebanon. The DFR covers related disciplines of anthropology, architecture, art, cultural geography, economics, engineering, landscape, real-estate, regional planning, sociology, urban design, and urbanism. The DFR presents researchers with resources that are mainly available online or in main, accessible resource centers, like universities and government bodies.
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Books
Al-Wali, Taha. Beirut: History, Culture, and Urbanism (in Arabic). Beirut: Dar al-Elem lil’Malayeen, 1993.
Calame, Jon and Esther Charlesworth. Divided Cities: Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia (The City in the Twenty-First Century). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. Link
Fawaz, Mohammad. Developing Lebanon(in Arabic). Beirut: Al-Manshourat Al-Hokokia Sader, 2005.
Feghali, Pascale. Le Quartier de Sanayeh à Beyrouth. Une Exploration Filmique. Book + DVD. Beirut: Institut Français du Proche-Orient, 2009.
Jidejian, Nina. Beirut through the Ages. Beirut: Librairie Orientale, 1997.
Kassir, Samir. The History of Beirut (in Arabic). Trans. Mary Gosh. 2nd Edition. Paris: Fayard, 2007.
Khalaf, Samir and Philip Khoury, Recovering Beirut: Urban Design and Post-War Reconstruction. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1993.
Nasr, Joe and Mercedes Volait, Urbanism: Imported or Exported. Great Britain: Wiley-Academy, 2003.
Rowe, Peter and Hashim Sarkis, ed. Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City. New York: Prestel, 1998. Link
Saliba, Robert. Beirut City Center Recovery: The Foch-Allenby and Etoile Conservation Area. Gottingen: Steidl-Solidere, 2004.
Sarkis, Hashim, ed. Two Squares: Martyrs Square, Beirut, and Sirkeci Square, Istanbul. Aga Khan Program of the Graduate School of Design Series #1. Boston: GSD, Harvard University, 2006. Link
Sawalha, Aseel. Reconstructing Beirut: Memory and Space in a Postwar Arab City. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010. Link
Shayya, Fadi, ed. At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting Public Space toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar. 1st Edition. Beirut: DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS, 2010. Link
Studio Beirut [in collaboration with Partizan Publik, Archis and the Pearl Foundation]. Beyroutes: A Guide to Beirut. Amsterdam: Archis, 2009. Link
Yacoub, Paola and Michel Lasserre. Beirut is a magnificent city: Synoptic pictures. Barcelona: Fundacio Antoni Tàpies, 2003.
Theses
Andraos, Rana. Neoliberal planning and the politics of public space: The case of Martyrs’ Square in Beirut’s downtown. Master of Urban Planning Thesis. Beirut: American University of Beirut, 2008. Link
Gahre, Christian. Staging the Lebanese nation: Urban public space and political mobilisation in the aftermath of Hariri’s assassination. Master of Arts Thesis [Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies]. Beirut: American University of Beirut, 2007. Link
Kastrissianakis, Konstantin. The Role of Public Space in Contested Beirut. PhD Thesis. Cambridge: Conflict in Cities and the Contested State, In Progress. Link
Katkhouda, Roula. “Affordable Housing in the Suburbs of Beirut: Prospects in Post-war Reconstruction.” Montreal: McGill University, August 1997.
Madi, Mustapha H. Beirut port, first basin: A contested urban space. Master of Urban Design Thesis. Beirut: American University of Beirut, 2005. Link
Qumri, Nasri B. Reclaiming the public domain: The case of Ramlat Al-Bayda public beach. Master of Urban Design Thesis. Beirut: American University of Beirut, 2005. Link
Saade, Monette-Mary A. BEY 006 souks excavations 1994-1996, the late Roman/Byzantine mosaic floors in public and private spaces. Master of Arts Thesis (History and Archaeology). Beirut: American University of Beirut, 1999. Link
Salamon, Joseph. Les Espaces Publics à Beyrouth entre Spécificités Locales et Modernisation: Une Ville en Projet à la Recherche d’un Nouveau Référentiel. PhD Thesis. Université Lyon II. Lyon, 2004.
Shayya, Fadi. Ecological Landscape Design as an Alternative Urban Design Approach in Lebanese Mountain Settlements: Saoufar Case Study. Master Thesis. American University of Beirut. Beirut: AUB, 2007.
Summer, Doris. Neoliberalizing the city: The circulation of city builders and urban images in Beirut and Amman. Master of Urban Planning Thesis. Beirut: American University of Beirut, 2005. Link
Articles
Beyhum, Nabil. “The Crisis of Urban Culture: The Three Reconstruction Plans for Beirut.” Vers. Fall, No.4. 1992. The Beirut Review. 2009. Link
Davie, Michael. “L’Etat Nation et les Espaces Publics dans les Grandes Villes du Levant, (1800-1995).” Actes du Colloque “L’Espace Public dans la Ville Méditerranéenne”. Montpellier: École d’Architecture Languedoc-Roussillon, 1997. 105-114.
Harb, Mona. “Deconstructing Hizballah and Its Suburb.” Middle East Report Spring.242 (2007): 12-17.
Makdisi, Saree. “Laying Claim to Beirut: Urban Narrative and Spatial Identity in the Age of Solidere.” Critical Inquiry 23.3 (1997): 661-705.
—. “Reconstructing History in Central Beirut.” Middle East Report Spring.203 (1997): 23-25+30.
Makhzoumi, Jala M. “Landscape in the Middle East: An Inquiry.” Landscape Research 27.3 (2002): 213-228.
Perry, Mark. “Car Dependency and Culture in Beirut: Effects of an American Transport Paradigm.” Third World Planning Review November 2000: 395-409. Link
Conference Papers
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Reports
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Websites/Blogs
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