Towards a balanced building system Comparison between Damascus and Dubai


Abstract in English

There were many legal frameworks and engineering conditions of the construction systems in Arab countries. They were developed depending on the importance of the urban boom, taking into account the priorities of the cities in their strategies, which depend on the balance between the characteristics and urban development in the world. The research compares between the data of Dubai city, which became a state that grows in the Arab Gulf as a real estate investment and attraction for capital, the city of Damascus, which is looking for a role through this context, and the development possibility of its building system in accordance with its dreams in order to be in balance with its background heritage.

References used

Dubai Municipality- Department of Buildings & Housing-Building Code Regulations & Construction Specifications - February 2004
Cepal review-United Nation - UNCTAD - n75- December 2001
R.Kaplan -D.P. Norton- The Strategy Focused organization-Harvard business school press -2000

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