Refugee Camps in Occupied Palestinian Territories: Need for Integration with the Cities

Journal Title, Volume, Page:

Sommario-Dossier Palestina, vol. XVI, No. 41, pp.9-13

Year of Publication:

2005

Link:

http://blogs.najah.edu/staff/emp_3044/article/Refugee-Camps-in-Occupied-Palestin...

Authors:

Eman M. AMAD

Current Affiliation:

Department of Architecture Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

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Ali Shaban Abdelhamid

Preferred Abstract (Original):

The Palestinian refugee camps were established 55 years ago to shelter the refugees who left their homes in Palestine as a result of the 1948 war. These disordered habitats were Iocated on the skirts of the major cities of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza Strip) and the neighbouring Arab countries, Initially, the construction of these camps was thought to be temporary for refugees who were waiting to return to their homes. Today. the refugee camps represent alienated neighbourhoods within or around cities where they were originally located

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Refugee Camps in Occupied Palestinian Territories: Need for Integration with the Cities