Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 22)

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Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 22)

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GUPTER IT
THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE WEST BANK
A study of West Bank agriculture bears directly on many of its
Geographical attributes, since many of these attributes help
define the physical and human resources which are deployed in
this sector. The impact of the area's distinctive physical
features on its agriculture, as we shall see later in this chapter,
has always been crucial in determining the pace of agricultural
development, especially when this is viewed on purely economic
rounds.
Similarly, the process of agricultural development is influenced
materially by a number of demographic and sociological attributes
of population, such as growth rates, age and sex composition, and
onpren It education. This chapter presents a brief exposition of the
physical and human geography of the West Bank, with particular
emphasis on their interaction with agricultural production. The
earlier part on physical geography includes a discussion of the
physical attributes of land and water resources. The political
ramifications of both of these resources will be explored in chapter III
in a discussion of the politics of development.
The West Bank is located in the interior middle regions of Palestine
about 16-40 kilometers away from the eastern shores of the
Mediterranean. It falls between longitudes 30°5 and 31°4E.
Despite a relatively long Palestinian coast line the West Bank
emerged in 1949 as a totally land-locked region. It is surrounded
by Israel to the north, west, and south, and by Jordan to the
east (see Map 1).

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Hisham Masoud Awartani

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