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Title Rebuilding sustainable communities in Iraq : policies, programs and international perspectives / edited by Adenrele Awotona
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 317 pages) : illustrations
Contents pt. 1. Cross-cutting themes -- pt. 2. Case studies from Iraq -- pt. 3. International perspectives
Summary The scene in Iraq is most troubling; and further failure therein - especially failure in sustainable reconstruction - will compound the tragedy and bring grievous harm to too many: in Iraq, the United States, the Middle East and the Western world. Yet, the current efforts at reconstruction cannot succeed -- as we seem to be making many of the same mistakes that were made post-invasion. Simply put, a national occupying power cannot reconstruct a massive societal vacuum by working only top do ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject City planning -- Iraq
Postwar reconstruction -- Iraq
Housing -- Iraq
Housing policy -- Iraq
Community development, Urban -- Iraq
Iraq War.
Sustainability.
Development studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
City planning
Community development, Urban
Housing
Housing policy
Postwar reconstruction
Iraq
Form Electronic book
Author Awotona, Adenrele A
ISBN 9781443811927
1443811920