Description:
Dubai and the Landscape introduces a revolutionary characterization of landscape architecture. By combining the words 'paradise' and 'landscape', Bolleter introduces 'parascape', a concept that is becoming more prevalent in the landscape profession throughout the Middle East.
Review Quotes:
"Desert Paradises is a superb analysis of the development of urban landscape in Persian Gulf
with a focus on Dubai. This fascinating and historically informed account sheds new light on
nuances of landscape urbanism and the complex politics behind it. Providing an original and
impactful contribution to landscape design, history and practice, Bolleter handles both breadth and
depth of the development of landscape in Dubai with balance and solid supportive arguments.
This indispensable study would be an inspiring reading for experts from various fields, including
but not limited to, geographers, urban planners, designers, architects, and historians of
contemporary Middle East."
Mohamad Gharipour, Morgan State University, USA
"[This book] makes a substantial contribution to the discourse of landscape architecture in the Middle East." - Julian Raxworthy, (Landscape Review), University of Queensland, Australia