Cities with successful urban development in the process of becoming global cities have become a model for upcoming cities. The global circulation of planning models and policies can be identified and substantiated in terms other than mere, “Globalization” which our case study, the metropolis of Dubai is famous for. The fast-track urban transformation of the city has rather gathered exalt in its growing years and criticism in what followed. What catches a planner’s eye at first glance at the city would be its high fragmentation and the dysconnectivity with multiple nuclei. One of these is Downtown Dubai which by itself is a greenfield development but it took the sacrificing of its surrounding neighbourhoods, Al Satwa and Al Wasl to make way for the circulation of planning practices and models from cities considered successful. Webster defines “circulation” as passage or transmission from person to person or place to place which in our case is the transmission of urban models from place to place i.e., in and from Dubai, our primary case. Through this circulation, It has undergone instant urbanism with a spillover effect on the gulf and world cities. This thesis will contribute to investigating broadly the patterns of circulation drawing from case studies of various scales and largely from the East Asian cities of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The findings from them will be applied to compare with the urban models, policies and planning practices circulated in and from Dubai.
Le città con uno sviluppo urbano di successo in procinto di diventare “città globali” sono diventate un modello per le città del futuro. La circolazione globale di modelli e politiche di pianificazione può essere identificata e motivata in termini diversi dalla mera globalizzazione, per cui il nostro caso studio, ossia la metropoli di Dubai, è famosa. La rapida trasformazione urbana della città ha raccolto una certa esaltazione nei suoi anni di crescita e, al contrario, critiche in quelli che sono seguiti. A un primo sguardo della città, ciò che cattura l’attenzione di un pianificatore urbano è la sua elevata frammentazione e la divisione in più nuclei. Uno di questi è Downtown Dubai, che è frutto di uno sviluppo greenfield, ma per cui è servito il sacrificio dei quartieri circostanti, Al-satwa e Al-wasl, in modo da far posto alla circolazione di pratiche e modelli di pianificazione da città considerate di successo. Webster definisce “circolazione” il passaggio o la trasmissione da persona a persona o da luogo a luogo, che nel nostro caso si sostanzia nella trasmissione di modelli urbani da un luogo all’altro, ovvero da e verso Dubai, il nostro caso principale. Attraverso questa circolazione, la città ha subito un’urbanizzazione istantanea con ricadute sul golfo e sulle città del mondo . Questa tesi contribuirà a indagare ampiamente i modelli di circolazione attingendo da casi di studio di diversa scala e in gran parte da due città dell’Asia orientale: Singapore e Kuala Lumpur. I risultati ottenuti verranno applicati per confrontare i modelli urbani, le politiche e le pratiche di pianificazione circolate da e verso Dubai.
Circulation of urban models : planning practices and policies in the metropolis of Dubai
Robin, Mariette Llewellyn Vanessa
2020/2021
Abstract
Cities with successful urban development in the process of becoming global cities have become a model for upcoming cities. The global circulation of planning models and policies can be identified and substantiated in terms other than mere, “Globalization” which our case study, the metropolis of Dubai is famous for. The fast-track urban transformation of the city has rather gathered exalt in its growing years and criticism in what followed. What catches a planner’s eye at first glance at the city would be its high fragmentation and the dysconnectivity with multiple nuclei. One of these is Downtown Dubai which by itself is a greenfield development but it took the sacrificing of its surrounding neighbourhoods, Al Satwa and Al Wasl to make way for the circulation of planning practices and models from cities considered successful. Webster defines “circulation” as passage or transmission from person to person or place to place which in our case is the transmission of urban models from place to place i.e., in and from Dubai, our primary case. Through this circulation, It has undergone instant urbanism with a spillover effect on the gulf and world cities. This thesis will contribute to investigating broadly the patterns of circulation drawing from case studies of various scales and largely from the East Asian cities of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The findings from them will be applied to compare with the urban models, policies and planning practices circulated in and from Dubai.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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