Processes of Urban Transformation: Exploring the Nexus Between the Built Environment and Islamic Identity in Saudi Arabia (between 1938 and 1990)

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Oumr Adnan Osra, Paul Jones

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This paper focuses on exploring the nexus between the patterns and form of the urban built environment and the nature of Islamic identity which increasingly defines the urban landscape of Saudi Arabia. The review is set within the wider urban transformation processes at play in Saudi Arabia during the period 1938 to 2005 when Saudi Arabia transitioned from an economy strongly focused on oil exploration to one which is now centred on oil plus the creation of ‘economic cities’.

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