Gazetteer 4 D-J

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND URBAN RESEARCH , 2023

This study explores the implementation and impact of prefabricated housing systems on the traditional building practices in three distinct Palestinian cities: Hebron, Nablus, and Ramallah. As urbanization and population growth exert pressure on housing demands, the adoption of prefabricated construction methods has become a noticeable trend, potentially challenging the long-standing conventional building practices deeply rooted in Palestinian culture and history. The research employs a mixed-methods approach, combining on-site observations, interviews with architects, engineers, and local residents, as well as an analysis of

Journal of Material Cultures of the Muslim World, 2024

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.

ARCHTHEO '21 XV. INTERNATIONAL THEORY AND HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, 2021

The Ottomans stayed in Palestine around 400 years characterized by great changes and developments. They significantly impinged the life of the Palestinians with numerous effects from language to the urban style and architecture. The Ottoman government controls depended upon the Islamic law and included several regulations for the built environment and the urban structure. The main government systems that included such laws and regulations are the administrative, judicial and land systems. This article depends on historical research to dig through these systems in order to explore the different controls they used over the Palestinian urban structures and to what extent did they established a comprehensive framework for the control and management of urban structures in Palestine. It was discovered that these systems did not establish such a framework which also did not exist outside the Ottoman Empire. Never the less, the dependance of these systems on Islamic laws provided them a unique and distinguished mechanisms that did not exist in other non-Ottoman systems. They also are considered significant developments in Islamic government systems and contributed positively to the development of Palestinian urban structures.

Indo Nordic Author's Collective, 2020

ARCHITECTURE OF PALESTINE

Prostor, 2017

Journal of Islamic Archaeology 5.2, 2018

2017

Journal of Islamic Studies, 2021

International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 2018