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Restrictions placed over the camps creates an economy heavily reliant on external aid.
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Balata is the most dense refugee with 30,000 people in a .25 sqkm area.
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RESOURCE SECURITY Refugees are forced to buy what little resources are allotted to them from Israel.
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ADE 421: Fall 2017 Architectural Studio III
Students: D. Bernhard, H. Chavez, E. Karenzi Instructors: P. Horton, S. Murff