Welcome to the website of Dr Florian Wiedmann. This website was launched to share views, news and expertise via publications and posts. The website aims to invite professionals and academics from various fields engaged in analyzing and managing urban transformation processes worldwide.

Book Chapters

Wiedmann, F. & Salama, A. M. (forthcoming – 2017/2018). Mapping Lefebvre's Theory on the Production of Space to an Integrated Approach for Sustainable Urbanism. In Leary-Owhin, M. E. & McCarthy, J. P. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Henri Lefebvre, the City and Urban Society. London: Routledge.

Wiedmann, F. (2016). Real Estate Liberalization as Catalyst of Urban Transformation. In Kamrava, M. (Ed.), Gateways to the World: Port Cities in the Persian Gulf. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

This book chapter was an invited and funded contribution to a larger book project at Georgetown University. The chapter presents the role of liberalised real estate markets within urbanism in the Gulf region.



Wiedmann, F., Conventz, S., Salama, A. M., & Thierstein, A. (2016). The role of advanced producer service firms in the development of urban diversity. In G. Katodrytis, & S. Syed (Eds.), Gulf Cities as Interfaces. (pp. 23-46). Cambridge, UK.

This book was the outcome of a joint workshop of the Gulf Research Meeting 2013 at the University of Cambridge. The chapter presents the research results of the joint research project between Qatar University and TU Munich. The main focus is the role of new service sectors in diversifying urban structures in fast-growing metropolises.


Salama, A. M., Wiedmann, F., Khalfani, F., & Al-Maimani, A. (2016). Dynamics of populations and urban open spaces in the emerging city of Doha. In G. Katodrytis, & S. Syed (Eds.), Gulf Cities as Interfaces. (pp. 181-203). Cambridge, UK.

Salama, A. M., & Wiedmann, F. (2016). Fragmentation and continuity in Qatar's urbanism: towards a hub vision. In M. Evren Tok, L. R. M. Alkhater, & L. A. Pal (Eds.), Policy-Making in a Transformative State: the Case of Qatar. (pp. 155-177). London, United Kingdom.

The authors were invited in 2014 to participate in this book project by professors at Education City (Qatar Foundation). The focus of the chapter is the conflict between the vision and the different strategies to promote urban growth on one hand and the various challenges of consolidating urban structures on the other hand.