Chapter 10 Urbanization and Poverty Link to syllabus Link to WDI Link to Encyclopedia of the Orient R&W Table 10.1 page 252. Urbanization Indicators, R&W Figure 10.1 page 253. Urban Population in MENA R&W Figure 10.2 page 253 Urban/total population, major regions R&W Figure 10.3 page 254 Urban growth rates, major regions Urban Primacy in MENA Source: Costello, Urbanization in the Middle East 1977 Turkish Urbanization Source: Saqqaf, The Middle East City, 1987 R&W Table 10.2 page 254 Estimated Contribution of Rural-urban migration to Total Urban Growth rates Cairo in 1965 and 1996 Population was ~4.5 million in 1965, and 10 million in 1996. Baghdad; 1849, 1944, 2003 Algiers Damascus Source: Bianca: Urban Form in the Arab World 2000 R&W Table 10.3 page 261 Absolute Poverty in MENA R&W Table 10.4 page 262 Rural Poverty in MENA in Comparative Perspective R&W Table 10.5 page 265 Rural Poverty 1988 R&W Table 10.9 page 265 Distribution of Expenditures by Income Class R&W Table page 271 Strike Activity in Turkey