May 26, 2005 Conflict in the "City" or Conflict from "City-ness:" The urban transformation in Beirut and the urban dimension of the Lebanese Civil War
Nasser Yassin
PhD candidate, Bartlett Faculty of Built Environment, University College London

    Does the “city” in its spatial and societal forms carry any explanatory powers for the transformation of Lebanese society on the eve of the civil unrest in 1975 ? By using the urban prism, the speaker will attempt to answer this central question.