A critical review of the literature of urban structure reveals that there are two main problems related to the theory of urban structure: (1) the absence of a comprehensive theory, and (2) the underestimation of the role of exogenous factors in shaping city structure. The main o…
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This study investigates the feasibility of reducing the dependance of Saudi Arabia on foreign manpower. The investigation seeks to determine the conditions under which the number of foreign workers is reduced without upsetting the development process, i.e., by replacing them wit…
Standard Operations Research optimization approaches have not been successful in the solution of practical public transport network design problems. The problem is combinatorial in nature and presents several sources of non-linearities and non-convexities which preclude guarante…
This study has investigated the potential advantages of applying Knowledge-Based Systems (KBS) and Decision Support Systems in the urban transportation planning proceeds in rapidly developing countries (RDC). There has been very limited attention given in the literature to the s…
This descriptive-explorative study examines urban growth dynamics, particularly land and housing development in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia and examines the local government's role in urban management: its capacities, problems and planning instruments. This study finds that econom…
Urban areas in Saudi Arabia are experiencing an unprecedented influx of workers from rural areas of the country and from abroad because of the need for skilled labor to support the numerous, widespread construction projects presently underway. Since the local housing in these ar…
The rise in wealth for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia led to an increase in demand for more and better housing. In response to this rising demand, and as part of an overall development policy, a housing goal and several housing objectives were identified. To attain the goal and obj…
The scarcity and inaccessibility of land in urban areas has become a major obstacle in the provision of housing to low-income groups in developing countries. This thesis studies the land policies and practices in Metropolitan Kano, Nigeria, and investigates the issues and proble…
This dissertation is a study of the role of urban landownership in the political economy of Penang, Malaysia. It begins with the hypothesis that urban property has become an important arena for further accumulation of wealth for certain categories of capital due to the lack of a…
This study identifies the prevailing scarcity of urban public services and the conceptual relations among service delivery, patronage, bureaucratic activities and structural factors in the Lagos Metropolitan region. It examines the extent to which clientelism, bureaucratic decis…
Cities in developing countries suffer from inadequate passenger transport conditions. Consequently, they are forced to function very inefficiently, due to lack of satisfactory means of internal circulation. In order to enable these cities function at an optimal level, therefore,…
The research analyzes the pattern factors and conditions associated with Malay urbanization in Peninsular Malaysia during the decade 1970-1980, the first 10 years of implementation of the New Economic Policy (NEP). The NEP has the objective of attaining national unity among the …
This study is an attempt to explain contemporary urban forms and development in Saudi Arabia by focusing on the country's sociopolitical and economic developments since the promulgation of the new nation-state in 1932. Due to the combined effects of centralized decision-making a…
Water utilization in the City of Riyadh has changed significantly since 1980 because of high water demand. In the past Riyadh was an oasis existing on local wells for its water needs. By the 1950s the population was 82,000. This figure swelled to 1.6 million causing significant …
Given the pressures of global changes, productive approaches to use local resources present a pathway to sustain or improve living standards. One of these productive approaches is the Local Content Development (LCD) policy, which refers to government policy to promote local sust…
Introduction: - This thesis examines the magnitude of vulnerability and risk in the Sundarbans and tries to explore the differences existing in the two Sundarban deltas in the context of the environment. The Sundarban areas are situated on the coast of Bay of Bengal, and this de…
At a time when increasing demands for urban spatial development are promulgated by economic, political, and social factors, it is important to investigate the implications of rapid environmental change on human well-being, and to devise urban design policies by which change can …
The phenomenon of decentralization for rural development in Third World Countries (TWCs) is now coming under detailed scrutiny. This has been warranted by the limited success experienced by the TWCs in their various efforts at decentralization. Scholars interested in this field …