(Ebook) Towards A Post-Traumatic Urban Design That Heals Cities’ Inhabitants Suffering From PTSD by Ph.D. Candidate. Maria A. EL HELOU ISBN 9780199389414, 9780470753033, 9784431550785, 0199389411, 047075303X, 443155078X

(Ebook) Towards A Post-Traumatic Urban Design That Heals Cities’ Inhabitants Suffering From PTSD by Ph.D. Candidate. Maria A. EL HELOU ISBN 9780199389414, 9780470753033, 9784431550785, 0199389411, 047075303X, 443155078X

Cities are generally in a state of constant modification. Some experience thismodification at a more rapid pace due to the technology available in the city; othersexperience this modification due to the city’s time of life, which requires manycivilizations to imprint their architectural style and project their social image andidentity. In certain cases, these modifications are due to natural disasters, such asearthquakes or tsunamis, or man-made wars, or even both. The study revealed thatthe relationship found between the ability of “Beirutis” (how Beirut’s originalinhabitants call themselves) to perceive their identity through the built environmentand PTSD, will help urban planners and architects find the procedures based onobservation and scientific facts to build with the opportunity to heal disaster-torncities’ inhabitants from PTSD.JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2020), 4(1), 79-90.https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2020.v4n1-8