Development implications of demographic trends and projections for an arid region: The case of the Badia Research and Development Project area of Jordan

Applied Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-298

  Findlay, Allan M ^a   Maani, Mohammed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arid areas; Development planning; Population projections

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FORECASTING METHOD;

JORDAN;

EID: 0032786675     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(99)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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