Egypt’s Desert Dreams: Development or Disaster? (New Edition)
Autor David Sims Cuvânt înainte de Timothy Mitchellen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789774168574
ISBN-10: 9774168577
Pagini: 486
Ilustrații: 85 photographs, 15 maps
Dimensiuni: 150 x 230 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Revised ed
Editura: The American University in Cairo Press (UK)
Colecția The American University in Cairo Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 9774168577
Pagini: 486
Ilustrații: 85 photographs, 15 maps
Dimensiuni: 150 x 230 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Revised ed
Editura: The American University in Cairo Press (UK)
Colecția The American University in Cairo Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Caracteristici
A
key,
contemporary
study
in
urban
planning
and
development
using
the
case
of
the
largest
city
in
the
Middle
East
and
Africa,
now
in
a
new
edition
with
a
dedicated
chapter
on
Egypt's
"New
Capital"
project.
Notă biografică
David
Sims
is
an
economist
and
urban
planner
who
has
been
based
in
Egypt
since
1974.
As
well
as
having
worked
in
several
Arab,
Asian
and
African
countries,
he
has
led
studies
on
urban
development,
industrial
estates,
tourism,
and
other
aspects
of
Egypt's
economic
geography
and
spatial
development.
He
is
the
author
of
Understanding
Cairo:
The
Logic
of
a
City
out
of
Control
(AUC
Press,
2010).Timothy
Mitchell
is
professor
of
Middle
Eastern
Studies
at
Columbia
University.
He
is
the
author
of
Colonising
Egypt,
Rule
of
Experts:
Egypt,
Techno-Politics,
Modernity,
and
Carbon
Democracy:
Political
Power
in
the
Age
of
Oil.
Cuprins
Preface
to
New
Edition1.
Desert
History,
Geography,
and
Early
Developments2.
A
Roll
Call
of
Desert
Schemes
and
Dreams3.
The
Imperative
to
Reclaim
the
Desert
for
Agriculture4.
The
Long
Saga
of
Trying
to
Build
Cities
and
Settlements
in
the
Desert5.
Manufacturing
and
Extractive
Industries
in
the
Desert6.
Tourism
and
Protectorates
in
the
Desert7.
A
New
Population
Map
for
Egypt?8.
The
Fatal
Flaw:
Disastrous
Management
of
Public
Land9.
Summing
Up:
Can
Lessons
Finally
Be
Learned?
Recenzii
"In
Desert
Dreams,
unlike
many
urban
researchers
who
examine
urban
desert
expansion,
Sims
contextualizes
urban
expansion
in
the
desert
within
the
bigger
desert
development
story.
Through
his
simple
and
jargon-free
writing
style,
he
critiques
mega
agricultural
projects,
new
urban
communities,
and
mega
economic
projects,
such
as
the
Desert
Development
Corridor,
special
economic
and
industrial
zones,
and
tourism-centric
coastal
development.
This
diversity
and
wealth
of
information
makes
the
book
beneficial
beyond
the
typical
audience
of
urban
researchers."
A sharp, relentless critique. . . . Egypt's Desert Dreams - user-friendly and mostly easy to read - should be essential reading for planners, academics, consultants, civil society organizations, international institutions, and laypeople interested in this vital topic, as well as Egyptian politicians.
"David Sims . . . provides us with a lucid account of the underlying reasons that led Egyptians to pursue a costly strategy of developing large parts of their desert. He explains why such an approach may not have been fully justified, and why it generally did not succeed. This important book is a must-read for planners and others interested in the development of Egypt. Policy makers would do well to listen to his advice."
"Sims' detailed critique of Egypt's desert development is revelatory, constituting an essential addition to the literature on both the politics of development and the politics of Egypt. It shows not just failures in Egypt's desert 'dreams,' but more generally a distorted political economy that purposefully empowers elites and disempowers most Egyptians."
"During the final decades of the twentieth century the Egyptian state embarked on a series of desert mega-projects. . . . As David Sims shows in this important book, the wealth that was made from these schemes did not come from meeting the goals of development. . . . , but from the land deals, contracting opportunities, and speculative profits enjoyed by the small group of well-connected entrepreneurs and regime insiders . . . . Egypt's Desert Dreams is the first book to provide a full-length account of this misappropriation and misuse of the country's collective resources. But the real value of the book is in connecting recent events with the longer history of desert development."
"This text adds to a rich and growing field of research on the function of environmental projects to legitimate and extend state power in the region . . . , and is unique in focusing attention specifically on the desert itself. Sims . . . provides both detailed information on particular historical (mis)adventures in desert development, and a broad analytical scope that lays out the internal logic of the desert development imperative in Egypt over the last sixty years.""David Sims' remarkable book stands as a superb model for scholarship that will be illuminating and richly useful for policymakers and development experts, as well as social and environmental activists."-Paul Amar, Journal of North African Studies"Sims' in-depth knowledge on the legal situation in Egypt and the country's complex political background is spectacular. His book is highly investigative . . . goes beyond basic inquiry towards a call to action. . . . Moreover, by unveiling the context surrounding the failures of previous 'desert development' projects, the book makes a remarkable point against corruption, nepotism and bureacracy."-Jasper A. Kiepe, Arab West Report
David Sims' remarkable book stands as a superb model for scholarship that will be illuminating and richly useful for policymakers and development experts, as well as social and environmental activists.
"Sims' in-depth knowledge on the legal situation in Egypt and the country's complex political background is spectacular. His book is highly investigative . . . goes beyond basic inquiry towards a call to action. . . . Moreover, by unveiling the context surrounding the failures of previous 'desert development' projects, the book makes a remarkable point against corruption, nepotism and bureacracy."
A sharp, relentless critique. . . . Egypt's Desert Dreams - user-friendly and mostly easy to read - should be essential reading for planners, academics, consultants, civil society organizations, international institutions, and laypeople interested in this vital topic, as well as Egyptian politicians.
"David Sims . . . provides us with a lucid account of the underlying reasons that led Egyptians to pursue a costly strategy of developing large parts of their desert. He explains why such an approach may not have been fully justified, and why it generally did not succeed. This important book is a must-read for planners and others interested in the development of Egypt. Policy makers would do well to listen to his advice."
"Sims' detailed critique of Egypt's desert development is revelatory, constituting an essential addition to the literature on both the politics of development and the politics of Egypt. It shows not just failures in Egypt's desert 'dreams,' but more generally a distorted political economy that purposefully empowers elites and disempowers most Egyptians."
"During the final decades of the twentieth century the Egyptian state embarked on a series of desert mega-projects. . . . As David Sims shows in this important book, the wealth that was made from these schemes did not come from meeting the goals of development. . . . , but from the land deals, contracting opportunities, and speculative profits enjoyed by the small group of well-connected entrepreneurs and regime insiders . . . . Egypt's Desert Dreams is the first book to provide a full-length account of this misappropriation and misuse of the country's collective resources. But the real value of the book is in connecting recent events with the longer history of desert development."
"This text adds to a rich and growing field of research on the function of environmental projects to legitimate and extend state power in the region . . . , and is unique in focusing attention specifically on the desert itself. Sims . . . provides both detailed information on particular historical (mis)adventures in desert development, and a broad analytical scope that lays out the internal logic of the desert development imperative in Egypt over the last sixty years.""David Sims' remarkable book stands as a superb model for scholarship that will be illuminating and richly useful for policymakers and development experts, as well as social and environmental activists."-Paul Amar, Journal of North African Studies"Sims' in-depth knowledge on the legal situation in Egypt and the country's complex political background is spectacular. His book is highly investigative . . . goes beyond basic inquiry towards a call to action. . . . Moreover, by unveiling the context surrounding the failures of previous 'desert development' projects, the book makes a remarkable point against corruption, nepotism and bureacracy."-Jasper A. Kiepe, Arab West Report
David Sims' remarkable book stands as a superb model for scholarship that will be illuminating and richly useful for policymakers and development experts, as well as social and environmental activists.
"Sims' in-depth knowledge on the legal situation in Egypt and the country's complex political background is spectacular. His book is highly investigative . . . goes beyond basic inquiry towards a call to action. . . . Moreover, by unveiling the context surrounding the failures of previous 'desert development' projects, the book makes a remarkable point against corruption, nepotism and bureacracy."