Persian historic urban landscapes interpreting and managing Maibud over 6000 years / Eisa Esfanjary.
| Author/creator | Esfanjary, Eisa |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017] |
| Description | xiii, 242 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Abstract | "Persian cities are part of a corridor of civilisation with settlements straddling thousands of years. Taking Maibud as a case study, Eisa Esfanjary traces the evolution of ancient settlements chronologically, thematically and methodologically. Maibud provides the basis from which a new interpretive approach is developed, being a city that has a history of several millennia yet has a scale that renders it manageable with archaeological remains that range across several phases of building development. An archetypal example of middle-sized Persian cities, it affords insights into the entire urban landscape and its spatial, functional and morphological iterations. Within this overall picture, a methodology is developed to explore various morphological elements of the city, the three key components of which are the town plan, the building type, and construction materials. The inter-relationships between these three components are explained in order to formulate an approach to support the management and conservation of the historic urban landscape. Combining a rigorous survey and observation of the standing structures with scarce archaeological and written sources, this book sheds light on Islamic urbanism in general and Islamic urbanism in Iran particularly."--Publisher website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-235) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018300390 |
| ISBN | 9781474412780 |
| ISBN | 1474412785 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |