Egypt's Desert Dreams.
Development or Disaster?
(Sprache: Englisch)
A rigorous and comprehensive examination of Egypt's desert development over the past half-century by the author of Understanding Cairo, updated for a new paperback edition
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A rigorous and comprehensive examination of Egypt's desert development over the past half-century by the author of Understanding Cairo, updated for a new paperback edition
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Egypt has placed its hopes on developing its vast and empty deserts as the ultimate solution to the country's problems. New cities, new farms, new industrial zones, new tourism resorts, and new development corridors, all have been promoted for over half a century to create a modern Egypt and to pull tens of millions of people away from the increasingly crowded Nile Valley into the desert hinterland. The results, in spite of colossal expenditures and ever-grander government pronouncements, have been meager at best, and today Egypt's desert is littered with stalled schemes, abandoned projects, and forlorn dreams. It also remains stubbornly uninhabited.Egypt's Desert Dreams is the first attempt of its kind to look at Egypt's desert development in its entirety. It recounts the failures of governmental schemes, analyzes why they have failed, and exposes the main winners of Egypt's desert projects, as well as the underlying narratives and political necessities behind it, even in the post-revolutionary era.
This fully updated paperback edition addresses the latest projects as well as the discourses relating to Egypt's desert development since the publication of the hardcover edition nearly four years ago, particularly the scheme to built a gigantic new capital east of Cairo.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Egypt's Desert Dreams. “
Preface to New Edition1. Desert History, Geography, and Early Developments
2. A Roll Call of Desert Schemes and Dreams
3. The Imperative to Reclaim the Desert for Agriculture
4. The Long Saga of Trying to Build Cities and Settlements in the Desert
5. Manufacturing and Extractive Industries in the Desert
6. Tourism and Protectorates in the Desert
7. A New Population Map for Egypt?
8. The Fatal Flaw: Disastrous Management of Public Land
9. Summing Up: Can Lessons Finally Be Learned?
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Sims
- 2018, New Edition., 486 Seiten, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: American University of Cairo Press
- ISBN-10: 9774168577
- ISBN-13: 9789774168574
Sprache:
Englisch
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