干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Al-Ain's Cultural Landscape: Identity, Innovation and Sustainability in a Challenging Economy

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DOI	10.14246/irspsd.7.3_45
	Al-Ain's Cultural Landscape: Identity, Innovation and Sustainability in a Challenging Economy
	Caratelli, Paolo; Misuri, Maria Alessandra; El Amrousi, Mohamed
通讯作者	Caratelli, P
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL REVIEW FOR SPATIAL PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ISSN	2187-3666
出版年	2019
卷号	7 期号:3 页码:45-62
英文摘要	The meaning about the origins of Al-Ain, the second largest city of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the UAE, resides in its name, which in Arabic means 'The spring'. The presence of abundant groundwater has allowed human settlements since the Neolithic period, marking this city as one of the oldest settlements continuously inhabited in the Gulf region. Under the rule of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nayan (1918-2004), Al-Ain received special attention in order to preserve its character and identity, due also to the presence of historical heritage which forms a strong sense of belonging for its community. With the establishment of the UAE in 1971, and the institution of its municipality council in 1992, a special ordinance fixed a strict limit on building height, giving also particular attention to conservation of the original landscape formed by the seven ancient oases of palm trees and their irrigation systems of aflaj, an ancient irrigation system common in most arid zones of the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean. Despite all these efforts spent in order to keep its original identity, nowadays this approach appears to be scrutinised under the pressures for further expansion and innovation in response to an increasingly challenging economy. With an increasing acceleration in the process of expansion and renovation, most of Al-Ain's urban fabric, realized after oil discovery in the 1960s, and still belonging to traditional typologies, has been replaced with new constructions inspired by different models, and new large developments have been laid out to cope with the increasing demand for dwellings. After recognition in 2011 of Al-Ain's archaeological sites and oases as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city's popularity rose as a tourist destination and place of cultural interest but has revealed in the meantime its systemic fragility. This paper focuses on the process of urban growth according to the nature of place, which characterized Al-Ain's history and currently forms the substrate of its cultural identity, and the mechanism of conflict/interaction between identity and innovation towards the definition of Al-Ain's urban transformation and regenerative process.
英文关键词	Building Heritage Desert Environment Historical Identity Innovation Water Resources Urban Development
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000475462200005
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/333682
作者单位	[Caratelli, Paolo; Misuri, Maria Alessandra; El Amrousi, Mohamed] Abu Dhabi Univ, Dept Architecture & Design, Abu Dhabi, U Arab Emirates
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Caratelli, Paolo,Misuri, Maria Alessandra,El Amrousi, Mohamed. Al-Ain's Cultural Landscape: Identity, Innovation and Sustainability in a Challenging Economy[J],2019,7(3):45-62.
APA	Caratelli, Paolo,Misuri, Maria Alessandra,&El Amrousi, Mohamed.(2019).Al-Ain's Cultural Landscape: Identity, Innovation and Sustainability in a Challenging Economy.INTERNATIONAL REVIEW FOR SPATIAL PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,7(3),45-62.
MLA	Caratelli, Paolo,et al."Al-Ain's Cultural Landscape: Identity, Innovation and Sustainability in a Challenging Economy".INTERNATIONAL REVIEW FOR SPATIAL PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 7.3(2019):45-62.