title: Urbanization and national development:  the quest for appropriate human settlement policies in the Arab world.
abstract: "The subject matter of this paper is policy perspectives of human settlement of the Arab countries in the light of the rapid urbanization trends largely resulting from the economic growth of the last two decades or so.... Section A analyzes the human settlement structure of the Arab countries and the urbanization processes of the recent past, and Section B picks up the threads from various documents and field observation to see what certain countries have done to solve the emerging problems and what directions their policies might take in the future."  The paper is based on aggregate national data for 20 countries and on case studies of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Sudan, and Tunisia.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: El-agraa
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000352:Africa, Northern; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004534:Egypt; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D007493:Iraq; D007597:Jordan; D008877:Middle East; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012922:Social Change; D013397:Sudan; D014416:Tunisia; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Africa; Arab Countries; Asia; Case Studies; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Policy; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Egypt; French Speaking Africa; Geographic Factors; Iraq; Jordan; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; Migration Policy; Northern Africa; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Settlement And Resettlement; Social Development; Social Policy; Spatial Distribution--changes; Sudan; Tunisia; Urban Spatial Distribution--changes; Urbanization; Western Asia