Author: Clarke, John I. & Bowen-Jones, Howard; editors:
Title: Change & Development in the Middle East. Essays in Honour of W.B. Fisher
Description: London / New York, Methuen, (1981). orig.boards. 24x15cm, xiii,322 pp. Textual maps,graphs & tables. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contains 21 papers. Includes: P. Beaumont "Water Resources & Their Management in the Middle East"; J.H. Stevens "Irrigation in the Arab Countries of the Middle East"; J. Stace Birks "The Impact of Economic Development on Pastoral Nomadism in the Middle East: An Inevitable Eclipse?"; G.H. Blake "Offshore Politics & Resources in the Middle East"; A.G. Hill "Population Growth in the Middle East Since 1945 with Special Reference to the Arab Countries of West Asia"; T.A. al-Asfour "The Study of & a Contribution to the Geomorphology of the Arabian Gulf"; W.J. Donaldson "Fisheries of the Arabian Peninsula"; R.W. Dutton "A Rural Community Development Project in Oman"; J.C. Dewdney "Agricultural Development in Turkey"; B.W. Beeley "A Fieldscape in Transition: A Case of a Turkish Orchard"; T.H. Greenshields "The Settlement of Armenian Refugees in Syria & Lebanon, 1915-39"; A.M. Findlay "Labour Mobility & Manpower Planning in Tunisia"; M. el Mehdawi "The Industrialization of Libya"; R.I. Lawless "Social & Economic Change in North African Medinas: The Case of Tunis"; B.D. Clark "Urban Planning in Iran"; M.P. Drury "The Political Geography of Cyprus"; N.A. Saleh "Provincial & District Delimitation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"; etc.

Keywords: Economic Geography, Middle East, Rural Development, Maghreb Agriculture, West Asia, Economy Planning, North Africa, Agricultural, Developing Nations