Alasdair Drysdale Explained
Alasdair Drysdale (born 1950) is professor emeritus of geography and formerly associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of New Hampshire.[1] [2]
Education
Drysdale was educated at Strathallan School near Perth, Scotland.[3] He studied at Durham University gaining a BA (Hons) in modern middle eastern studies (geography and Arabic) in 1971 and an MA in geography in 1972. In 1977 he was awarded a PhD in geography from the University of Michigan.[4]
Research
Drysdale's expertise encompasses human geography, political geography, and population and development in the non-western world, specifically, Syria and the Middle East. His early research focused on Syria and its internal complexities as well as its external relationships with its neighbours in the Middle East and countries further afield. More recently, his research has centred on the rapid ageing of the population in the Middle East, and responses to that growth in Oman and Jordan.
In 1990 he gave a prepared statement on Syria to the United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East regarding The Middle East in the 1990s.[5]
Drysdale serves on the editorial board of The Northeastern Geographer (2007–)[6] and the Arab World Geographer (1998–), for whom he was also the North American book review editor (1998–2007).[7] He also served on the international advisory board of the journal Geopolitics (1996–2007).[8]
Publications
Drysdale has authored books, book chapters and articles. He has provided country profiles for inclusion in various encyclopaedias, yearbooks and atlases. Entries include: Syria and Libya in the Colliers Yearbook from 1980 to 1997, Compton's Encyclopedia, Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East, Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and Earth: The Comprehensive Atlas.
Books
Book chapters
- Book: Drysdale, Alasdair . https://books.google.com/books?id=wbFEAQAAIAAJ . Oman's non-Omani Population: A Geographic and Demographic Profile . The Razor's Edge: International Boundaries and Political Geography . Clive Schofield . David Newman . David Newman (political geographer) . Alasdair Drysdale . Janet Allison Brown . London . . 2002 . 513–529 . 978-9041198747.
- Book: Drysdale, Alasdair . https://books.google.com/books?id=M0aW0vNL8SgC&dq=the+global+crisis+in+foreign+aid+1998&pg=PR4 . Foreign Aid to the Middle East . The Global Crisis in Foreign Aid . Richard Grant . Jan Nijman . Syracuse, New York . . 1998 . 77–88 . 978-0815627722.
- Book: Drysdale, Alasdair . https://books.google.com/books?id=9AYhT3zchVMC&dq=world+boundaries+the+middle+east+and+north+africa&pg=PT1 . Transboundary Interaction and Political Conflict in the Central Middle East: The Case of Syria . The Middle East and North Africa: World Boundaries . Clive H Schofield . Richard N Schofield . London and New York . . 2 . 1994 . 21–34 . 978-0415088398.
- Book: Drysdale, Alasdair . https://books.google.com/books?id=hytiS11J6f8C&dq=the+middle+east+after+iraq+invasion+of+kuwait&pg=PA59 . Syria Since 1988: From Crisis to Opportunity . The Middle East after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait . Robert Freedman . Robert Freedman (political scientist) . Gainesville, Florida . . 1993 . 276–296 . 978-0813012148 . registration .
- Book: Drysdale, Alasdair . https://books.google.com/books?id=XVivBAAAQBAJ&dq=the+geography+of+border+landscapes&pg=PT259 . The Gulf of Aqaba: An Evolving Border Landscape . The Geography of Border Landscapes . Julian Minghi . Dennis Rumley . Dennis Rumley . London and New York . . 1991 . 203–216 . 978-0415048255 .
- Book: Drysdale, Alasdair . https://books.google.com/books?id=aVyvBAAAQBAJ&dq=nationalism+self-determination+and+political+geography&pg=PT19 . National Integration Problems in the Arab World: The Case of Syria . Nationalism, Self-Determination and Political Geography . Ron Johnston . Ron Johnston (geographer) . David Knight . Eleonore Kofman . London and New York . . 1988 . 87–101 . 978-0709914808 .
- Book: Drysdale, Alasdair . Regional Growth and Change in Syria since 1963 . Politics and the Economy in Syria . J A Allan . London . . 1987 .
- Book: Drysdale, Alasdair . https://books.google.com/books?id=GGhoQgAACAAJ . Syrian Armed Forces in National Politics: The Role of the Geographic and Ethnic Periphery . Soldiers, Peasants and Bureaucrats: Civil Military Relations in Communist and Modernizing Societies . Roman Kolkowicz . Andrzej Korbonski . London . . 1982 . 52–76 . 978-0043220078.
- Book: Drysdale, Alasdair . https://books.google.com/books?id=rY_ZAAAAMAAJ . The Alawis of Syria . World Minorities . Georgina Ashworth . London . Quartermaine House . 2 . 1978 . 1–5 . 978-0905898018.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: New Associate Dean Named . . 13 August 2013 . 10 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151119003147/http://cola.unh.edu/article/2013/08/new-associate-dean-named . 19 November 2015 . dead .
- Web site: Emeriti . University of New Hampshire . 2017 . 8 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510200658/http://cola.unh.edu/geography/emeriti . 10 May 2017 . dead .
- A D Drysdale . . 14 . 5 . 1988 . 68 . 10 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020317/http://www.strathallan.co.uk/media/archives/Vol-14-5-1988.pdf . 17 November 2015 . dead .
- Web site: Alasdair Drysdale . University of New Hampshire . 2015 . 10 November 2015.
- Web site: The Middle East in the 1990s . . 4 . 1991 . 205–230 . 15 November 2015.
- Editorial Advisory Board . The Northeastern Geographer . 4 . 2 . 2012 . 1 . 14 November 2015.
- International Editorial Advisory Board . Arab World Geographer . 18 July 2011 . 11 November 2015.
- 2000 . International Advisory Board . Geopolitics . 5 . 2 . ebi . 10.1080/14650040008407674 . 10.1.1.476.8765 . 216590042 .