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Bedouins, wealth, and change
• A Study of Rural Development in the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman

Table of contents (66 p.)

Rainer Cordes and Fred Scholz

The United Nations University

Dr. R. Cordes, Department of Human Geography, University of Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany. Special subjects: Social and Economic Geography of Developing Countries, Middle East (United Arab Emirates).

Prof. Dr. F. Scholz, Department of Human Geography, University of Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany. Special subjects: Social and Economic Geography of the Middle East (Sultanate of Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Pakistan) and Developing Countries.

© The United Nations University, 1980
NRTS-13/UNUP-143
ISBN 92-808-0143-8

This report was published within the framework of the United Nations University's Programme on the Use and Management of Natural Resources. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the United Nations University.

Editorial Note

The use of the word "tribe" throughout this publication is intended to refer to a distinction between groups of differing social and political organization within an overall population having a common ethnic, cultural, and religious background and in no way implies any judgement of superiority or inferiority of social, political, ethnic, cultural, or religious systems.

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Contents

PART 1. General introduction

1. Changes in the bedouin/nomad regions of the islamic orient
2. Physical characteristics of the bedouin area in southeastern Arabia-physical and cultural divisions
3. A survey of the geographical setting and nomadic habits of the bedouin and nomad population groups in southeastern Arabia

PART II. Case study: The United Arab Emirates

1. Introduction
2. The rural farming areas
3. The rural Bedouin regions

PART III. Case study: The sultanate of Oman

1. An introduction to the new developments in the sultanate of Oman with reference to mobile population groups
2. Changes in the nomad region of Oman
3. Settlement projects in inner Oman, and other measures to develop the rural/nomad region
4. Summary and evaluation of results in the rural/nomad region

References and bibliography

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