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This atlas aims to provide the reader with key pointers for a spatial analysis of the social, economic and political dynamics at work in Jordan, an exemplary country of the Middle East complexities. Being a product of seven years of scientific cooperation between Ifpo, the Royal Jordanian Geographic Center and the University of Jordan, it includes the contributions of 48 European, Jordanian and International researchers. A long historical part followed by sections on demography, economy, social disparities, urban challenges and major town and country planning, sheds light on the formation of Jordanian territories over time.Jordan has always been looked on as an exception in the Middle East due to the political stability that has prevailed since the country’s Independence in 1946, despite the challenge of integrating several waves of Palestinian, Iraqi and - more recently - Syrian refugees. Thanks to this stability and the peace accord signed with Israel in 1994, Jordan is one of the first countries in the world for development aid per capita.

Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Atlases & Maps --- Atlases. --- Jordan --- History. --- Geographic atlases --- Geographical atlases --- World atlases --- World geographic atlases --- Cartographic materials --- Reference books --- Yarden --- Jordanien --- Giordania --- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan --- Mamlakah al-Urdunīyah al-Hāshimīyah --- Urdun --- Hashimite Kingdom of the Jordan --- Jordania --- Mamlaka al-Urduniya al-Hashemiyah --- Urdunn --- Transjordan --- development --- geography --- territory

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"As of late 2014, many American and Jordanian experts believe Jordan to be stable. Yet while Jordan is stable, it faces a range of existing and emerging challenges. These include chronic unemployment, sporadic political unrest, budget deficits, a water shortage, and geographically isolated yet troubling internal security concerns. The Syrian refugee crisis both exacerbates these challenges and offers opportunities to the government of Jordan. If the Syrian refugees remain relatively content and continue to assimilate into northern and central Jordan, they might directly benefit the Jordanian economy by stimulating growth. Donors and lenders have increased their support to Jordan, in turn offering the government an opportunity to improve the lives of both Syrian refugees and Jordanian citizens. Most important, Jordan benefits from what one expert terms negative stability: Jordanian citizens might be dissatisfied with many aspects of their government, but the chaos in neighboring states has thus far dissuaded Jordanians from pursuing civil or violent actions that might destabilize Jordan. Jordanians do not want their country to look like Syria, Iraq, or Egypt. Jordan is likely to undergo further and perhaps unforeseen challenges in 2015 and 2016, but it has the opportunity to alleviate many of its enduring challenges. If Jordan wisely invests forthcoming international refugee support, it has the opportunity to shift popular outlook from negative to positive--and more optimistic--stability. This report's analytic forecasts should help the United States determine how to support Jordan as it faces the Syrian refugee crisis"--Publisher's description.

Refugees --- Forced migration --- Humanitarian assistance --- National security --- International relief --- Emigration and immigration law --- Economic history. --- Emigration and immigration law. --- Forced migration. --- Humanitarian assistance. --- International relief. --- National security. --- Refugees. --- Social conditions. --- Civil War (Syria : 2011-) --- 2000 - 2099 --- Syria --- Jordan --- Jordan. --- Syria. --- History --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- Displaced persons --- Persons --- National security policy --- NSP (National security policy) --- Security policy, National --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Military policy --- Grants-in-aid, International --- International grants-in-aid --- Relief (Aid) --- Relief, International --- Charities --- Economic assistance --- Public welfare --- Humanitarian aid --- Cleansing, Ethnic --- Compulsory resettlement --- Ethnic cleansing --- Ethnic purification --- Involuntary resettlement --- Migration, Forced --- Purification, Ethnic --- Relocation, Forced --- Resettlement, Involuntary --- Migration, Internal --- Emigration and immigration --- Immigrants --- Immigration law --- Law, Emigration --- Law, Immigration --- International travel regulations --- History, Economic --- Economics --- Government policy --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Arabska Republika Syryjska --- Aravikē Dēmokratia tēs Syrias --- Fédération des États de Syrie --- Ittiḥād al-Duwal al-Sūrīyah --- Jumhuriya al-Arabya as-Suriya --- Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Sūrīyah --- Jumhūriyyah al-ʻArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah --- R.A.S. --- RAS --- Repubblica Araba Siriana --- Republiḳah ha-ʻArvit ha-Surit --- République arabe syrienne --- SAR --- Shiria --- Siria --- Sirii͡ --- Siriĭskai͡a Arabskai͡a Respublika --- Siriĭskata arabska republika --- Siryi͡ --- Siryĭskai͡a Arabskai͡a Rėspublika --- Sowria --- Suryah --- Syrian Arab Republic --- Syrie --- Syrien --- Syrii͡ --- Syriĭsʹka Arabsʹka respublika --- Syrische Arabische Republik --- United Arab Republic --- Xuliya --- Giordania --- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan --- Hashimite Kingdom of the Jordan --- Jordania --- Jordanien --- Mamlaka al-Urduniya al-Hashemiyah --- Mamlakah al-Urdunīyah al-Hāshimīyah --- Transjordan --- Urdun --- Urdunn --- Yarden