Egypt : an economic geography / Fouad N. Ibrahim with Barbara Ibrahim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ibrahim, Fouad N.

Contributor:

Ibrahim, Barbara.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

International library of human geography ; v. 1.

International library of human geography ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography--Egypt.

Human geography.

Egypt--Economic conditions.

Egypt.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 22cm.

Place of Publication:

London : I. B. Tauris, 2003.

Summary:

Egypt is almost the size of Britain, France, and Germany combined, yet its nearly 70 million people are forced by geographic factors to live in an area no bigger than Belgium. Only four percent of the land can sustain cultivation and life. In this illuminating book, the authors describe the myriad problems facing Egypt. They look food scarcity, the effects of water and land shortage, the impact of globalization on Egypt's attempts to industrialize, population explosion, massive debt, unemployment, corruption, and Egypt's tourism industry, which is especially vulnerable to Islamist terrorism.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

186064547X :

1860645488

OCLC:

51737815