mansouri hussein (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Original silver illustrated red cloth in matching jacket 22x31cm. (8), 97pp, illustrated with colour maps and photos throughout, with royal portraits, and introductory texts by King Fahd, Minister of Communications Hussain Mansouri, and Deputy Minister for Transport Affairs Ahamd Husuf Al-Turki. Book fine, jacket very good, lightly rubbed. The Ministry of Communications is one of the oldest public agencies in the country, established with the founding of the Kingdom, and key to meeting its development goals. This work celebrates the completion of a modern highway network in a short time, covering all regions: "It included the construction of many long highways, bridges and tunnels passing through very rugged and difficult terrain" (opening statement by King Fahd). It also presents a wider survey covering the role of transport in promoting national development, and the Ministry. A section on land transport describes the Saudi Railroad Organisation (its history, future plans and Customs Railway Station in Riyadh), and the Saudi Public Transport Company SAPTCO (public need, past and present services, transport for pilgrims, future plans, the fleet, bus shelters). A section on marine transport addresses achievements, staff training, future projects etc. Finally, roads are presented in historic perspective, with a description of their current status, features, development plans, classification, maintenance, Saudi engineers and contractors, examples, Hajj roads, expressways, descents, ring roads, agricultural roads, and the national road construction industry. This shows rapid development. The number of buses laid on for Hajjis for example, increased from 647 for 5 million pilgrims in 1980, to 989 for 9.4 million in 1981 alone. In Mecca, construction of the Internal Ring Road, Middle Ring Road, Ajyad-Kudi Underpath, and the Makkah-Alkar Vast Road bypassing the sacred Mash'air area were either completed or well advanced. The maps show networks and routes and their development over time. The photos show landscapes and cityscapes, infrastructure, vehicles, and people using them. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. A dynamic picture of Saudi Arabia's fast evolving transport network. Sheet 89x60cm colour printed to both sides, folding down into title panels 15x22cm. Printed by Al Ahliya Offset Printing Press in Riyadh, in Arabic, with the map also captioned in English. Good, neatly folded, lightly creased with some small nicks and a small chip to the edges, and faint marks. One side presents the Road Map, 1/4M, colour coded for elevation, with airports, ports, railways, and 9 categories of road (freeways, dual carriageways, main, highways, feeder / secondary in existence, under construction, or designed / under design). Other content includes photo portraits of King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, an opening statement by Transport Minister Hussein Al Mansouri, a history of the Transport Ministry and its expanding role under the Five Year Development Plans, and sections with many captioned colour photos on the road programme, obstacles overcome in the Tihama region (bridges and tunnels in extreme situations), maintenance, Hajj routes and Holy sites, specifications under diverse conditions, civil airports, railways, shipping, public transport, telecoms and mail. Two graphs show the exponential rise in total miles of asphalt and agricultural roads built during 1970-85.