The Changing Geography of Africa and the Middle East

by Chapman, Graham P.; Baker, Kathleen M.

• ISBN13: 9780415057097
• ISBN10: 0415057094
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-08-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

CROSS REF DEV STUDIES Both Africa and the Middle East have sought alternatives to Western models of development. The last twenty-five years have seen political independence for the states of Africa and increased economic dependence on external aid. The Middle East, resource rich and water poor, continues economically robust but politically unstable. In both regions, widespread poverty continues as does the involvement of the West.Clearly illustrated with basic maps of the countries discussed, The Changing Geography of Africa and the Middle East presents a systematic review of twenty-five years of development. The book will prove an invaluable guide to the physical, economic, social and political environments of contemporary Africa and the Middle East.

Table of Contents

Figures
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Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgement
Introduction - Independence: Promise at the New Dawning	p. 1
The Changing Geography of Southern Africa	p. 12
The Changing Geography of Central Africa	p. 52
The Changing Geography of West Africa	p. 80
The Changing Geography of Eastern Africa	p. 114
The Changing Geography of North Africa: Development, Migration and the Demographic Time Bomb	p. 139
The Changing Geography of the Lower Nile: Egypt and Sudan as Riparian States	p. 165
The Troubled Arab Middle East	p. 191
The Non-Arab Middle East: Iran, Turkey and Israel	p. 213
Conclusions: A Growing Sense of Urgency	p. 236
Index	p. 243
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