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© United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) 2012 All rights reserved P.O. Box 30030 Nairobi 00100, Kenya Tel: +254 20 7623 120 Fax: +254 20 7623 904 Email: habitat.publications@unhabitat.org www.unhabitat.org HS Number: HS/021/12E ISBN Number (Series): 978-92-1-133397-8 ISBN Number (Volume): 978-92-1-132436-5 Design and Layout by Michael Jones Software, Nairobi, Kenya. Front cover photo: Kuwait City, Kuwait. ©Nasser Buhamad/Shutterstock Back cover photos (left to right): 1. Cairo, Egypt. ©Joel Carillet/iStockphoto 2. Temple of Hercules, Amman, Jordan. ©Ahmad A Atwah/Shutterstock 3. Tripoli, Libya. ©Patrick Poendl/Shutterstock 4. Mecca, Saudi Arabia. ©Ahmad Faizal Yahya/iStockphoto 5. Juba, South Sudan. ©Frontpage/Shutterstock DISCLAIMER The designations employed and the presentation of the materials in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. References to names of firms and commercial products and processes do not imply any endorsement by the United Nations. Excerpt of this publication, excluding photographs, may be reproduced without authorization, on condition that the source is indicated.
The State of Arab Cities 2012 Challenges of Urban Transition
Page 1: The State of Arab Cities 2012 Chall
Page 5 and 6: Foreword by UN-Habitat It gives me
Page 7 and 8: Contents Message from the Secretary
Page 9 and 10: The Arab States Region: Key Finding
Page 11 and 12: Sana’a, Yemen, is one of the olde
Page 13 and 14: Regional Subdivision and Sub-Region
Page 15 and 16: 1.1 Overview Summaries of Sub-regio
Page 17 and 18: Amman, Jordan. In Jordan, 16 per ce
Page 19 and 20: Qatar. Housing finance in Gulf coun
Page 21 and 22: Southern Tier Regional Summary Popu
Page 23 and 24: 1.2 Historical Perspectives Jerash
Page 25 and 26: BOX 1: THE SOUL AND IDENTITY OF THE
Page 27 and 28: Their location often still reflects
Page 29 and 30: Given the rapidly-increasing gap be
Page 31 and 32: 1.5 Most of the countries in the re
Page 33 and 34: FIGURE 5: RENEWABLE WATER AVAILABLE
Page 35 and 36: 1.7 Regional Corridors and Cooperat
Page 37 and 38: The impacts of civil unrest made 20
Page 39 and 40: Statistical Annex TABLE 2: ARAB REG
Page 41 and 42: TABLE 8: YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AS A PE
Page 43 and 44: TABLE 11: AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RAT
Page 45 and 46: ENDNOTES 1 Unless otherwise noted,
Page 47 and 48: 2.1 Total and Urban Population Grow
Page 49 and 50: FIGURE 10: ALEPPO VISION PLAN Phasi
Page 51 and 52: FIGURE 12: LEBANON NATIONAL MASTER
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FIGURE 13: ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN L
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Najaf, Iraq. Iraqi men survey the d
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BOX 5: IRAQI REFUGEES IN SYRIA Sinc
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FIGURE 14: GEOGRAPHIC INEQUALITIES
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School children walk home after a d
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BOX 6: URBAN BAGHDAD: IMPACT OF CON
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BOX 8: ISLAMIC HOUSING FINANCE Isla
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BOX 9: EGYPT’S INFORMAL SETTLEMEN
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In Greater Cairo, 62 per cent of ho
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Tripoli, Lebanon. Prolonged conflic
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2.4 Urban Mobility The Challenge of
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2.5 Urban Environmental Challenges
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The growing cost of energy will als
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TABLE 18: PROPORTION OF POOR IN URB
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Solid Waste Management By 2001, sol
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In Iraq, there is no national urban
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Only the OPT has a truly decentrali
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approximately USD 7.1 billion in 20
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FIGURE 21: URBAN CLUSTERING ALONG T
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Establishing a regional electrical
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Mashreq Statistical Annex TABLE 20:
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TABLE 25: LEVEL OF MOTORIZATION IN
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TABLE 31: GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY
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ENDNOTES 1 World Bank. (2009). Worl
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ENDNOTES 181 Rishmawi, M. and T. Mo
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3.1 Population and Urbanization The
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Fes, Morocco. Morocco has managed t
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TABLE 35: TUNISIA’S ECONOMY BY SE
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Madrasah pupils in Mauritania where
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3.3 Urban Development and Housing C
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BOX 13: RETURNING TO THE COMPACT CI
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BOX 14: MAURITANIA’S TWIZÉ PROGR
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BOX 15: ISLAMIC PRINCIPLES AND LAND
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3.4 Urban Mobility The Société N
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Algiers will launch a metro system
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TABLE 39: DOMESTIC WATER TARIFFS Ca
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Isofoton photovoltaic micro-plants
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3.6 Urban Governance Systems Nation
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Local woman in the medina of the ho
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29 wishing to emigrate rose from 22
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FIGURE 33: EURO-MED TRANSPORT PROJE
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Maghreb Statistical Annex TABLE 41:
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TABLE 54: DESTINATIONS OF EMIGRANTS
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ENDNOTES Development, 2010. Also, N
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4.1 The Gulf Cooperation Council (G
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FIGURE 38: THE DIYAR AL MUHARRAQ PR
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4.2 The Growing Economic Role of Ci
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esearch, while providing a solid in
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BOX 17: IMPACTS OF THE GLOBAL FINAN
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FIGURE 40: DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY
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immigrant labourers, the Saudi part
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The wind tower of Sheikh Isa bin Al
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multi-story residential buildings,
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Low cost migrant housing in Deirah,
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TABLE 59: PERCENTAGE OF URBAN POPUL
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4.4 Urban Mobility The Challenges o
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Mass Transportation Unique among Ar
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BOX 21: RESPONSES TO WATER SHORTAGE
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FIGURE 45: GCC REGIONAL CLIMATE MOD
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FIGURE 47: PARTICULATE MATTER (PM10
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systems, liveability, water, energy
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local development and infrastructur
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4.7 Migration and Remittances Cons
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One of the reasons that the effort
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FIGURE 49: THE GULF PENINSULA’S E
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BOX 23: ARAB GULF STATES COOPERATIO
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FIGURE 51: PLANNED REGIONAL GCC RAI
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TABLE 62: AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF CH
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TABLE 70: WATER AVAILABILITY AND US
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TABLE 76: IMMIGRATION DATA BY COUNT
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ENDNOTES Statistical Abstract: 2009
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ENDNOTES 276 ITUC CSI IGB (2009), 2
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5.1 The Southern Tier countries of
Page 201 and 202:
FIGURE 57: TOTAL POPULATION (IN ‘
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5.2 The Growing Economic Role of Ci
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infrastructure development, 71 acce
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5.3 Urban Development and Housing C
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In Djibouti, where almost all mater
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5.4 Urban Mobility The Challenge of
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5.5 Urban Environmental Challenges
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Water vendor in Khartoum, Sudan. ©
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million people in Sudan, particular
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5.6 Urban Governance System Bab al
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A blind voter at a Southern Sudan r
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measures to strengthen institutions
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International Migration of Refugees
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Southern Tier Statistical Annex TAB
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TABLE 93: EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATIO
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ENDNOTES Assessment, Issue Brief No
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Bibliography $500 Million Mortgage
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Choplin, A., ‘Répondre au défi
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Ghzala, A., “Regional Cross-Borde
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‘Sana’a: a City Development Str
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__. City Development Strategy for T
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The Arab world has played a very im
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