Cultural Diversity of an Ancient Urban Element: The Cul-De-Sac

By Hisham Mortada

The Cul-de-sac is a unique urban element, especially in traditional settlements that feature compact organic urban form. In addition to its countless social advantages, the cul-de-sac greatly contributes to humanizing harsh climatic conditions, the hot arid in particular. Though many urban historians and planners ascribe its origin to the old Muslim city, the cul-de-sac had been in existence for centuries in various parts of the world.This book explores the social and environmental dimensions of the cul-de-sac using historic and contemporary examples from various geographic contexts. It also examines in detail the physical aspects of the cul-de-sac in old Muslim cities, as well as contemporary Western cities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1699073449
• ISBN13: 9781699073445
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"