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Contents






            List of Maps                                         xvi
            Abbreviations                                       xvii
            Note on Transliteration                              xix

            Acknowledgements                                    xxii
            Foreword                                           xxiv
         Introduction                                              1
         Chapter One: Geographical Conditions

         1  The changing importance of immutable
            geographical factors                                   4
         2  Ecology: Some implications of the UAE’s
            geographical setting                                   5
              Oil                                                  5
              A country of the "Middle East”                       6
              Geographical features of the country                 6
                  General                                          6
                  The mountains                                    8
                  The desert                                       9
                  The sea                                         10
         3 The main geographical features of the individual
            emirates                                              11

              Abu Dhabi                                           11
              Dubai                                               14
              Sharjah                                             15
              The northern States and the east coast              16

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