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The Urbanization of Kuwait

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Part of the book series: Medizinische Länderkunde / Geomedical Monograph Series ((LÄNDERKUNDE,volume 4))

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Abstract

Urbanization is not a wholly continuous process; in the Middle East, certainly, as Adams [1] has shown for Iraq, phases of urbanization alternate with phases of “ruralization”. This and the next Chapter trace both relatively constant physical elements and more fluid historical and economic changes which have affected urbanization in Kuwait. These themes are then followed through to the present day and identify historical and contemporary phases of urbanization.

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  1. Industrial Medicine, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK

    Geoffrey E. Ffrench M.A., M.D. (Cantab, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Consultant)

  2. University of Aberdeen, UK

    Allan G. Hill B. A., Ph. D. (Dunelm, Lecturer in Geography)

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Ffrench, G.E., Hill, A.G. (1971). The Urbanization of Kuwait. In: Kuwait. Medizinische Länderkunde / Geomedical Monograph Series, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65172-4_3

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