Open AccessBeirut - a city with so many faces
Author(s) -
Liliane Buccianti Barakat
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
dela - oddelek za geografijo filozofske fakultete v ljubljani
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.162
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1854-1089
pISSN - 0354-0596
DOI - 10.4312/dela.21.485-493
Subject(s) - physiognomy , space (punctuation) , geography , ideology , economic geography , face (sociological concept) , cartography , sociology , political science , politics , social science , anthropology , computer science , law , operating system
Since the 19th century, Beirut has known a spectacular development in its physiognomy as well as its morphology and its space extent. Each era has left its mark on the city, thus con-stituting territories inside which various visual messages delimitated ideological space. Presently, 13 years after the end of the war, Beirut has become a huge agglomeration and offers several faces. What are those faces?