The Bahrain Surface Materials Resources Survey and its Application to Regional Planning (A periodical dealing with geographical research, No. 11, November 1979 / Dhu Al-Hijjah 1299)

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Original printed wraps 17x24cm. 53pp Arabic text with many b/w maps and charts. Very good with presentation ink stamps to the title and final page. Part of a series of papers issued jointly by the Geography Department of Kuwait University, and the Kuwait Geographical Society. Its Editorial Board included the University's Head of Geography Dr Abdullah Al-Ghunaim, and KGS President Ibrahim Al-Shatti. They published papers of direct interest to countries in the Arabian Gulf, as well as more general and widely applicable studies. These were either prepared in Kuwait, or translated from other sources usually by Geography Department staff with a new introduction. This early paper in the series originally appeared in English in the Royal Geographical Society Journal, March 1979. It was translated into Arabic by Prof Hassan Taha Najm, and includes his introduction. This presents results of a survey conducted for the Government of Bahrain during 1974-6. It found that concentration of activity has focused in the north historically, and in the present. The discovery of oil led to development in the centre, but anticipating this will run out, the Government is seeking to diversity the economy. The survey sought to identify its potential, including for agriculture and construction. N° de ref. del artículo 4645

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