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Introducing the PHE series

Published by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. This series offers a unique window on the creation of the modern environment. Designed for an international readership, the emphasis is on: urban and regional planning recent as well as longer-term history what...

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AuthorYasser EleshtawyPublishedJanuary 2026Themes

ModernismurbanismArab citiesBuilt EnvironmentCulture and society

Arab Modernism(s): Cities, History, and Culture

Arab Modernism(s) is an exploration of how the Arab world encountered modernism – sometimes inadvertently, sometimes deliberately – and how those encounters continue to shape the built environment of its cities today. Adhering to his late father’s...

AuthorMohammad FawazEdited ByChristine MadyPublishedMay 2025Themes

urban planninggovernancePlanning LawLand useReconstruction

Lebanon’s Urban Development and Planning

After four hundred years of Ottoman rule followed by a little over two decades as part of the French Mandate, Lebanon finally gained independence in 1943. In her translation and editing of the four books by Mohammad Fawaz, Director the Lebanon’s Directorate...

AuthorNicholas A. Phelps, Roger Keil, Paul MaginnPublishedApril 2025Themes

suburbsSpatial PeripheriesPeripheral Centralities

Add Peripheral Centralities: The Lost and Past Urbanity of the Suburbs

The term ‘peripheral centralities’ may seem something of an oxymoron and yet the spatial peripheries of cities have often been more central to urban development processes than is appreciated. To better understand the nature of peripheral centrality,...

AuthorClaudine HoubartPublishedSeptember 2024Themes

Raymond LemaireBuilt Heritage ConservationRegenerationReuse of Historic DistrictsVenice CharterGreat Beguinage of Louvain

The Evolution of Urban Heritage Conservation and the Role of Raymond Lemaire

The 1960s and 1970s saw a marked change in the approach to built heritage conservation. From a focus on the preservation of individual buildings, attention turned to the conservation, regeneration, and reuse of entire historic districts. A key player...