Tagged: Urban Environment

Smolensk: A Mosaic of Memorials

The city of Smolensk is a memorial to Russia’s history: the old Rus’, the Imperial, the Soviet, and the beginnings of a new post-Soviet.

Kanna, Dubai: The City As Corporation

Book Review: Dubai: The City as Corporation

Dubai: The City as Corporation is a significant contribution within the field of urban studies in the Arabian Peninsula. Dubai is often represented in both popular and academic writings as the proto-type of a global city, a desert landscape decorated by non-contextual extravagances—architectural structures varying in the form of skyscrapers, shopping malls, and museums.