Urban Profile of the Middle East

List of contents

1. Urban Development in Society 2. Traditional Middle Eastern Urbanisation 3. Economic Motivation for Change 4. Urban Revolution in the Middle East 5. The Habitat Conference on Human Settlements, Vancouver, June 1976 6. Case Studies: New Towns 7. Case Studies: Planning Studies other than New Towns 8. Case Study: a Research Study into Future Settlement Patterns in the Middle East 9. An Urban Future for the Middle East

About the author

Hugh Roberts

Summary

Changes in economic and social conditions throughout the Middle East have been profound, and perhaps nowhere has this been more evident than in the field of urban development and town planning. This book, first published in 1979, provides a view of the Middle East as it undergoes transition by identifying and analysing the symptoms of change.

Product details

• Authors: Roberts, Hugh Roberts, M. Hugh P. Roberts, Roberts Hugh
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138642140
• ISBN: 978-1-138-64214-0
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Society of the Middle East; Routledge Library Editions: Society of the Middle East
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Middle East, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy