Dr Florian Wiedmann's Outputs (4)

Investigating land use dynamics in emerging cities: the case of downtown neighbourhood in Doha (2019)
Journal Article
Ibrahim, H., Salama, A., Wiedmann, F., Aboukalloub, B., & Awwaad, R. (2019). Investigating land use dynamics in emerging cities: the case of downtown neighbourhood in Doha. Journal of Urban Design, 25(3), 387-411. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2019.1632179

© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The study of land use dynamics in emerging cities will inform sustainable development in the future. Doha has witnessed urban transition phases. The s... Read More about Investigating land use dynamics in emerging cities: the case of downtown neighbourhood in Doha.

New housing patterns and spatial fragmentation in Gulf cities (2019)
Journal Article
Wiedmann, F., Salama, A. M., Ibrahim, H. G. A., & Mirincheva, V. (2019). New housing patterns and spatial fragmentation in Gulf cities. Journal of Urbanism, 12(4), 393-411. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2019.1626263

In recent years, the rapid growth of Gulf cities has led to a transformation of local settlement structures. The key objective of this paper is to deliver an overview of new housing patterns and how they impact spatial fragmentation. To identify the... Read More about New housing patterns and spatial fragmentation in Gulf cities.

Demystifying Doha: on architecture and urbanism in an emerging city (2013)
Book
Salama, A. M., & Wiedmann, F. (2013). Demystifying Doha: on architecture and urbanism in an emerging city. RIBA

While focusing on the architectural and planning aspects of Doha's intensive urbanization, this first comprehensive examination of the city sets this within the socio-political and economic context of the wider Arabian Peninsula. It features a compre... Read More about Demystifying Doha: on architecture and urbanism in an emerging city.

Post-oil urbanism in the Gulf: new evolutions in governance and the impact on urban morphologies (2012)
Book
Wiedmann, F. (2012). Post-oil urbanism in the Gulf: new evolutions in governance and the impact on urban morphologies. Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften

Since the end of the 20th century the governments of various Gulf states have been attempting to diversify their oil-dependent economies. This has resulted in a new type of urbanism, which the author refers to as post-oil urbanism. The first model of... Read More about Post-oil urbanism in the Gulf: new evolutions in governance and the impact on urban morphologies.