INDEX Aaker, David, 260–61 ABC Mall (Beirut, Lebanon), 152 Abdulla, Abdul Khaleq, 107–8 Abelson, Elaine, 8, 280 Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), 91, 96, 98, 103 Adaptive Reuse Ordinance (Los Angeles, USA), 216, 218–19 Adorno, Th eod or, 105 affordable housing, 131, 133, 219, 232, 256, 286, Africa, 162, 167, 172, 179–82, 184, 288, 289, 292; East, 164, 166, 171, 174, 176, 178 African Americans, 10 Africans, in France, 11 Aga Khan Trust, 175, 180, 183 Al Maktoum, Muhammad (bin Rashid), Rashid (bin Said), 95–96, 107–8 Almeida, Anthony B., 178–80 Alper, Andrew, 258–61 amenities, urban, 11, 40, 116–117, 128, 131, 174, 247, 284; in Los Angeles, 211, 215, 216, 219–21, 226 Ando, Tadao, 91, 102–3 Appadurai Arjun, 160, 186, 243–44 Arabian Gulf, 90 Arabs, 11, 96, 101–104, 107, 141, 152–53, 156, 159, 288 Archaeological Survey of India, 172 architects, star (“starchitects”), 15, 19, 22, 75, 81, 91–97, 100, 105, 108–9 architecture, 15, 17–18, 21, 41, 45, 166, 168, 169, 178; African modernism 230–34; African “traditional” development 219–21; in Beijing, 50, 58, 59, 60–62; in Beirut, 137, 142, 145, 147, 148, 150, 154; as “starchitecture ,” 19, 22, 91, 93–95, 105, 109; in the United Arab Emirates, 92, 96–99, 101–3, 106 Arensberg, Conrad M., 32 Arreola, Daniel, 12 arts and artists, 1, 5, 14, 21, 23, 39, 40, 50, 97–98, 178–79, 287; in Los Angeles, 210, 213, 216–17, 220–22, 224, 226; in Nashville; 122, 132, 133 associations, 1, 13, 276, 277, 290 atopia, 43–45 Augé, Marc, 42–44, 46, 86 Australia, 70, 276, 281, 291, 293 authenticity, 94, 102–3, 106, 165–66, 167, 169, 185, 202 automobile transportation, 44, 124, 126, 213 Azalea Group, 156, 157–58 Back Bay Reclamation Scheme (Mumbai, India), 237–38 Baltimore, Maryland (USA), 70, 85, 127, 285 Bandra-Kurla Complex, 238, 245, 248–49 Bangkok (Th ail and), 274 Barcelona (Spain) 1, 6, 8, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 210; Chinese in, 273, 274, 278, 282, 283, 292, 294; Olympics in 15, 68, 69, 70, 76, 83, 84, 85; port spaces in, 19, 20, 65–89 Barcelona Football Club, 71, 77 Barceloneta (Barcelona, Spain), 67, 68, 70, 72– 73,81– 82, 84– 85 Barrio Chino/barri xino (Barcelona, Spain), 68, 273–74, 282, 294 bars, 127, 181, 184, 203–4, 220, 273, 282, 289, 295; in Barcelona, 71, 72, 73, 78, 80, 81, 86, 87 Beijing (China), 5, 6, 8, 15, 16, 19–21, 23, 48–52, 278, 292, 294; Central Business 350 Index Beijing (China) (continued) District in, 58–64; Imperial (1400s-1911), 53–55; Republican (1911–1937), 55–57; Socialist (1949–1978), 57–58 Beirut (Lebanon), 1, 16, 21–23, 136–37, 142, 152–53, 156, 158–59; Central District in, 138–41; Solidere’s role in, 143–47; Souks project, 147–51 Beirut Central District (BCD), 136–59 Beirut City Center, 136, 138, 141, 146 Beirut Souks Project (Solidere) Master Plan (Tabet and Benjamin Th omp son Associates ), 136–38, 142, 147–59; Ajami Square component, 155; Souk al-Tawileh component , 150; Souk Arwam component, 137, 150; Souk Ayyas component, 150; Souk al-Jamil component, 137 Beit el Ajaib (House of Wonders), 167, 177–78, 181 Belleville (Paris, France), 279, 288–89 Benjamin Thompson and Associates (BTA), 147, 150 Benjamin, Walter, 166–67, 168–69, 185 Berri, Nabih, 157 Berry, Brian J. L., 33–34 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 241, 244 Bloch, Ernst, 105 Bloomberg, Michael, 24, 253, 256, 257–62, 266– 7 1 Bohemian Index (Richard Florida), 39 Bombay. See Mumbai Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), 241, 244 Bombay First, 234–35, 240, 244–45, 250 bounding, 196, 197–200 Bourdieu, Pierre, 123, 186 branding, 2, 17–18, 37, 84, 176, 181–83, 257–58, 283 Brasilia (Brazil), 98, 143, 294 Broken Blossoms: The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919), 281 Broken Windows (George Kelling and Jame Q. Wilson), 210, 228 Buenos Aires (Argentina), 7, 9, 70 Bunker Hill (Los Angeles, USA), 210 Burden, Amanda, 267 bureaucrats, 3, 5, 24, 94, 182, 236, 250–51; in Beijing, 54, 56 Burgess, Ernest, 20, 34–39, 51, 274–75. See also Chicago School Burnham, Daniel, 15, 20, 34–36, 47 business/corporations, 1, 8, 12–14, 18, 45, 99, 158, 238, 269, 291; in Barcelona, 66, 69, 75, 81, 83; in Beijing, 48–49, 52–53, 56, 60, 63; in Nashville, 116, 123...