Middle East is a lively and much-needed update of a well-respected work. Based on W. B. Fisher's book of the same name published in 1978, Anderson provides a comprehensive account of the physical geography which has been so instrumental to the make-up of the geopolitics of the region. The book also covers the sociology, religion, society and economy of the region. With comprehensive illustrations and maps, it provides an excellent synopsis and critique of the complexities which have made this an intriguing and important regional geographical study.

Middle East: Geography and Geopolitics

History

Anderson, Ewan

Middle East

Routledge

Population growth, industrialization, environmental mismanagement and consequent land degradation have led to droughts, poverty and famine of such magnitude that the need for space, food and natural resources has become the most critical issue in global development. Nowhere is crisis more apparent than in arid lands. In this third of the world, population has more than doubled in two decades and poverty and human suffering are endemic. Water resources provide the key to economic and environmental development. Arid lands are essentially a diverse and disparate group of regions with a variety of economic and environmental problems, the common factor being the constraints imposed by the lack of moisture at certain times. The danger of treating the arid regions as a single geographical region is that they are then perceived as experiencing similar problems with similar causes requiring similar solutions. This book aims to dispel some of the myths that surround the water resource problems of arid lands and the notion that there are simple "once and for all" solutions. Given that the arid land environment is highly variable, the key to success is flexibility. This book should be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics in physical geography, environmental science and development studies, as well as to those actively engaged in the development of arid land water resources.

Water Resources in the Arid Realm (Routledge Physical Environment Series)

Business & Money

Economics

This innovative book identifies the key elements of good management and practice common to all residential child care settings - whether hospital unit, boarding school, children's home, special school or custodial care establishment - and important variations between the different settings. Using a model developed under the auspices of the Rowntree Foundation, it provides managers with a coherent framework for understanding the different facets of their role and the outcomes they are aiming to achieve. Major components of the model are: · the environment · the legal framework · developmental issues · time-related issues. In each case the salient factors for practice and management are identified and discussed. Good Practice Education and Residential Care of Children offers a model which can be readily applied to training, assessment of standards, inspections, and research and development. Based on the latest research and reflecting the national drive towards evidence-based standards, it will be an invaluable support to managers in training and practice.

Residential and Boarding Education and Care for Young People: A Model for Good Management and Practice

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Water Resources in the Arid Realm (Routledge Library Editions: Water Resources)

Agnew, Clive

Residential and Bording Education and Care for Young People

The end of the Cold War reveals that the world is still a dangerous place, with political, ethnic, nationalistic, religious and geostrategic tensions widespread and varied. This atlas uses specially-drawn double-spread maps showing the major geostrategic and spatial factors of each trouble spot, current and potential, together with concise analytical text. Ewan Anderson has worked on geopolitical problems in all the Gulf Co-operation Council States. His recent books include "The Cultural Basis of Afghan Nationalism" (with Nancy Hatch-Dupree) and "Iraq and the Continuing Middle East Crisis", both published by Pinter.

The Atlas of World Political Flashpoints: A Sourcebook of Geopolitical Flashpoints

Shewan, Don

Reference

Continuum International Publishing Group

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Economic Power in a Changing International System

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