“The Real Modernity that Is Here”: Understanding the Role of Digital Visualisations in the Production of a New Urban Imaginary at Msheireb Downtown, Doha

City and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 222-245

  Melhuish, Clare ^a   Degen, Monica ^b   Rose, Gillian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; DIGITAL IMAGE; ESTHETICS; MODERNITY; POST-COLONIALISM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; VISUALIZATION;

DOHA; QATAR;

EID: 84982953255     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: 1548744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ciso.12080     Document Type: Article

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