290331 VO Economic & social change in the MENA-Region (Middle East & Northern Africa): a geographical analysis (2008S)

No other region of the world has been attracting the interest of politicians, researchers of various scientific disciplines and of the international mass media as strongly as the MENA-Region (Northern Africa and Near East) during the last decades. The reasons therefore are manifold and range from the fascination with the rich history of the region, from ecological problems (availability of water etc.), economic matters (oil) to processes of demographic change and social transformations. To analyse the various aspects of socio-economic and demographic transformation processes and their regional aspects against the background of globalisation and lokal resistance is the main aim of this course.