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Egypt's desert dreams development or disaster?

Title
Egypt's desert dreams [electronic resource] : development or disaster? / David Sims ; foreword by Timothy Mitchell.
Author
Sims, David E., 1946-
Publication
Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014.

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Additional Authors
Mitchell, Timothy, 1955-
Description
1 online resource (xxii, 401 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Summary
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. It also shows that all is not lost, and that there are alternative paths that Egypt could take.
Uniform Title
Egypt's desert dreams (Online)
Alternative Title
Egypt's desert dreams (Online)
Subject
  • 1900-2099
  • City planning > Egypt > History > 20th century
  • Regional planning > Egypt > History > 20th century
  • Desert resources development > Egypt > 21st century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-384) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
LCCN
2015303100
OCLC
ssj0002067053
Author
Sims, David E., 1946-
Title
Egypt's desert dreams [electronic resource] : development or disaster? / David Sims ; foreword by Timothy Mitchell.
Imprint
Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-384) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Chronological Term
1900-2099
Added Author
Mitchell, Timothy, 1955-
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