The Changing Middle Eastern city
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The Changing Middle Eastern city
(Routledge library editions, . Society of the Middle East ; v. 6)
Routledge, 2016, c1980
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Reprint. Originally published: London: Croom Helm, 1980
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Middle East, defined here as extending from Morocco to Iran and Turkey to Sudan, lies at the crossroads of three continents - Africa, Asia and Europe. With the largest reserves of petroleum in the world its importance is well beyond its physical size and population. Rapid urban growth has radically transformed Middle Eastern society in recent decades, but the associated problems are incompletely understood. This volume, first published in 1980, highlights some of the major issues of Middle Eastern urbanisation and provides a comprehensive statement about the current position of research. Urban origins and the nature of urban growth are discussed to provide a background to considerations of migration, employment, housing and retailing. The contributors suggest that planning strategies have hitherto proved inadequate with small towns being largely overlooked, historic quarters rapidly disappearing and water in short supply. Future research into all these problem areas is considered essential, but the research must be coordinated and utilised. Concentrating on practical problems, achievements and challenges for research, the contributions in this book, specially commissioned from active researchers in the field, will prove a valuable guide to recent ideas and developments in the Middle East.
Table of Contents
1. The Origin and Evolution of Towns: 4000 BC to AD 1900 J.M. Wagstaff 2. Contemporary Urban Growth J.I. Clarke 3. Migration in Space: Immobility in Society A.M. Findlay 4. Aspects of Urban Employment J.S. Birks and C.A. Sinclair 5. Socio-Economic Problems: the Role of the Informal Sector D.W. Drakakis-Smith 6. 'Quarters' and Ethnicity T.H. Greenshields 7. The Evolution of Retailing Patterns V.F. Costello 8. Urban Planning: Perspectives and Problems B.D. Clark 9. The Future of Historic Centres: Conservation or Redevelopment? R.I. Lawless 10. The Small Town G.H. Blake 11. Urban Water Problems Peter Beaumont 12. The Urban Future G.H. Blake and R.I. Lawless
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