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Egypt's desert dreams : development or disaster? / David Sims ; foreword by Timothy Mitchell.
Lippincott Library HD976.Z7 S56 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sims, David E., 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Real estate development--Egypt.
- Real estate development.
- Desert resources development--Egypt.
- Desert resources development.
- Land use--Egypt.
- Land use.
- Public lands--Government policy--Egypt.
- Public lands.
- City planning--Egypt--History--20th century.
- City planning.
- History.
- Public lands--Government policy.
- Egypt.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 401 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- 1 Egypt's Deserts: History, Geography, and Early Development 11
- 2 A Roll Call of Desert Schemes and Dreams, 1952 to 2014 35
- 3 Greening Egypt's Desert 65
- 4 Building Cities and Settlements in the Desert 117
- 5 Desert Tourism and Environmental Challenges 177
- 6 Industry, Mining, and Everything Else 211
- 7 A New Population Map for Egypt? 247
- 8 The Fatal Flaw: Disastrous Management of Public Land 261
- 9 Summing Up: Will Lessons Ever Be Learned? 281
- 10 A Way Forward 301.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 977416668X
- 9789774166686
- OCLC:
- 894611381
- Publisher Number:
- 99965173846
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