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55
Ibid, 399.
56
Ibid.
57 Paul J. Stevens "The Interaction between Oil Policy and Industrial Policy in Saudi Arabia". In Saudi
Arabia: Energy, Developmental Planning and Industrialization, edited by R. El Mallakh & D. H., El
Mallakh (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1982), 27.
58 Paul J. Stevens, ibid. Critics point to the difficulties that accompany switching speedily from a
government-led economy based on oil exports and infrastructure investment to a free market in a span
of two decades. They question the success of the Kingdom's commitment to attaining a free market
economy modeled on the West while at the same time placing due emphasis on preserving its Islamic
heritage. For a comprehensive discussion on this issue see "Saudi Arabia: Riyadh and Jeddah Business,
"The Middle East (August, 1991)
59 Stuart McMinn, John Robertson, and Hassan Reda. "Socio-Economic Development of the Yanbu
Sub-Region, Saudi Arabia: The Impact of the Construction Workforce". Third Planning Review. Vol.
5, No, 4, November, 1983, 311-332.
60 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1989. Ministry of Planning. Achievements of the Development Plans:
1970-1987 and Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu. Introductory Information.
61 Abdul Khakee, "Urban Economics, Urban Geography and Planning." Planning Outlook 24 (1981):
72.
62
Akbar (1988), op. cit.
63
Friedmann (1969); Dyckman et al (1984), op. cit.
64 In Riyadh the villa type comprises 37.9% of the residential stock. Source: High Commission for the
Development of Riyadh 1987. Land Use Survey: Summary Report (Riyadh: Al Shathry Consulting
Engineering).
65 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. High Commission For The Development of Arriyadh. Demographic
Transportation Land Use And Economic Studies For The City Of Arriyadh: Executive Summary
(Riyadh: National Offset Printing Press, 1987.), 4.
66 Brian Berry The Human Consequences of Urbanization (London: Macmillan, 1973), 104.
67 it must be noted here that there is tremendous effort, especially on the part of the HCDA and the
Deputy Ministry for Municipal and Rural Affairs' Deputyship for Town Planning to come up with
more detailed and accurate data base systems. Such efforts are led by highly dedicated Saudi and foreign
professionals committed to create planning schemes compatible with the socio-political and economic
context of Saudi Arabia.
6^ Friedmann (1966), op. cit.