The History of Land Use and Devel-opment in Bahrain

摘要

There are several special features of this big book. It is the autobiographical account of 30 years of work as Chief Town Planner for the Kingdom of Bahrain, by a graduate of Dhaka's University of Engineering and Technology and of Liverpool's Department of Civic Design. The period covered, from 1971 to 2002, includes the growth of die Gulf state based on a scatter of simple ancient settlements, including seven towns, which had developed economically only since 1935 when the first oil refinery was commissioned. The northern half of Bahrain is now densely urbanised and well served with modern highways, including a causeway to Saudi Arabia. The linked islands have a population of 1.25 million over a land area of 187 hectares.