1. Chapter 10 Urbanization and Poverty Link to syllabus Link to WDI Link to Encyclopedia of the Orient

2. R&W Table 10.1 page 252. Urbanization Indicators, 1970-92

3. R&W Figure 10.1 page 253. Urban Population in MENA

4. R&W Figure 10.2 page 253 Urban/total population, major regions

5. R&W Figure 10.3 page 254 Urban growth rates, major regions

6. Urban Primacy in MENA Source: Costello, Urbanization in the Middle East 1977

7. Turkish Urbanization Source: Saqqaf, The Middle East City, 1987

8. R&W Table 10.2 page 254 Estimated Contribution of Rural-urban migration to Total Urban Growth rates

9. Cairo in 1965 and 1996 Population was ~4.5 million in 1965, and 10 million in 1996.

10. Baghdad; 1849, 1944, 2003

11. Algiers

12. Damascus Source: Bianca: Urban Form in the Arab World 2000

14. R&W Table 10.3 page 261 Absolute Poverty in MENA

15. R&W Table 10.4 page 262 Rural Poverty in MENA in Comparative Perspective

16. R&W Table 10.5 page 265 Rural Poverty 1988

17. R&W Table 10.9 page 265 Distribution of Expenditures by Income Class

18. R&W Table 10.10 page 271 Strike Activity in Turkey