Middle East Geography Books

New and Published Books

1. Change and Development in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals)

   Essays in honour of W.B. Fisher

   Edited by Clarke John, Bowen-Jones Howard

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The Middle East is a region of great traditional diversity, which has been characterized by immense political, social and economic changes, still developing over thirty years after the title’s original publication. A group of oil-rich countries have achieved great political significance and some of...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Environmental Politics in Egypt

   Activists, Experts and the State

   By Jeannie Sowers

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

   Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in Egypt from the late 1990s to 2011, this book shows how experts and activists used distinctive approaches to influence state and firm decision-making in three important environmental policy domains. These include; industrial pollution from large-scale...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Middle East Today

   Political, Geographical and Cultural Perspectives, 2nd Edition

   By Dona J. Stewart

   The new edition of The Middle East Today provides an accessible and comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students of Middle East Studies, Middle East politics and geography. This updated and revised edition features a host of pedagogical features to assist students with their...

   Published November 4th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey

   Edited by Metin Heper, Sabri Sayari

   In recent years, there has been growing interest in Turkey, stemming from the country’s developing role in regional and global politics, its expanding economic strength, and its identity as a predominantly Muslim country with secular political institutions and democratic processes. This Handbook...

   Published June 27th 2012 by Routledge
5. Saudi Maritime Policy

   Integrated Governance

   By Hatim Al-Bisher, Selina Stead, Tim Gray

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

   Because marine governance in most countries is sectoral, maritime policies are frequently fragmented, reactive, and even contradictory, meaning that marine resources are underutilized and poorly protected. To avoid these problems, the concept of integrated national maritime policy (INMP) has been...

   Published September 13th 2011 by Routledge
6. Rethinking Israeli Space

   Periphery and Identity

   By Erez Tzfadia, Haim Yacobi

   Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies

   This book sheds light on the production of Israeli space and the politics of Jewish and Arab cities. The authors’ postcolonial approach deals with the notion of periphery and peripherality, covering issues of spatial protest, urban policy and urban planning. Discussing periphery as a political,...

   Published April 20th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Human Right to Water and its Application in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

   By Amanda Cahill Ripley

   Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

   The Human Right to Water and Its Application in the Occupied Palestinian Territories provides an overview and examination of the human right to water as determined under international human rights law. This is a highly topical issue, with the UN General Assembly having passed a resolution which...

   Published April 5th 2011 by Routledge
8. Orienting Istanbul

   Cultural Capital of Europe?

   Edited by Deniz Göktürk, Levent Soysal, İpek Türeli

   Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

   Looking at the globalization, urban regeneration, arts events and cultural spectacles, this book considers a city not until now included in the global city debate. Divided into five parts, each preceded by an editorial introduction, this book is an interdisciplinary study of an...

   Published June 24th 2010 by Routledge
9. An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs

   By Ewan W. Anderson, Liam D. Anderson

   The Middle East is a major focus of world interest. This atlas provides accessible, concisely written entries on the most important current issues in the Middle East, combining maps with their geopolitical background. Providing a clear context for analysis of key concerns, it includes background...

   Published October 25th 2009 by Routledge
10. Planning Middle Eastern Cities

    An Urban Kaleidoscope

    Edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    Cairo, Baghdad, Algiers and Dubai cannot be easily lumped together as a single group. Cities in the Arab world are too diverse and hybrid, ranging from those rich in tradition, to 'forgotten’ cities, to newly emerging Gulf cities.The authors here, Arab scholars and architects local to the...

    Published October 14th 2009 by Routledge