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Rebuilding sustainable communities in Iraq : policies, programs and international perspectives / edited by Adenrele Awotona.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--Iraq.
- City planning.
- Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.
- Postwar reconstruction.
- Housing--Iraq.
- Housing.
- Housing policy--Iraq.
- Housing policy.
- Community development, Urban--Iraq.
- Community development, Urban.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The scene in Iraq is most troubling; and further failure therein - especially failure in sustainable reconstruction - will compound the tragedy and bring grievous harm to too many: in Iraq, the United States, the Middle East and the Western world. Yet, the current efforts at reconstruction cannot succeed -- as we seem to be making many of the same mistakes that were made post-invasion. Simply put, a national occupying power cannot reconstruct a massive societal vacuum by working only top do...
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Cross-cutting themes
- pt. 2. Case studies from Iraq
- pt. 3. International perspectives.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-1192-0
- OCLC:
- 827209329
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