(Ebook) Street Furniture Influence in Revitalizing the Bahraini Identity by Dr. Islam Hamdi El-Ghonaimy

(Ebook) Street Furniture Influence in Revitalizing the Bahraini Identity by Dr. Islam Hamdi El-Ghonaimy

“Bab Al Bahrain” Avenue is one of the liveliest streets and its location is in theintermediate of the historical part that gave the avenue a strong historicaldimension in the urban context of Manama city, Kingdom of Bahrain. Moreover,the avenue has economic and cultural significance activities. The socio-economicvalue of “Bab Al Bahrain” and the attached “Gold Market” make the area is themost crowded area in Manama. The existing users of the avenue are variablebetween residences, local visitors and tourist. Unfortunately, with the rapid urbandeveloping for the Manama City in general and Bab Al Bahrain area, and thechanging for the economic base for most of the original families they moved toother suitable places to them while new non-Bahraini replaced them. As a result,the sense of identity and belonging is not considerable. Consequently, the identityfor these areas is in its way to disappear. This research analyzed the street furniturecondition and focused on the act of street furniture role in revitalizing Bahrainiidentity in such an area. Moreover, the research draws the point of revitalizing thesense of belonging for the residences, which will influence positively upon the openspaces’ conditions and the visual quality.JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2020), 4(1), 11-20.https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2020.v4n1-2