Reclaiming public space: The ecology of neighborhood open spaces in the town of Abu-Nuseir, Jordan

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-216

  Abu Ghazzeh, Tawfiq M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ecology; Neighborhood open space; User participation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LOCAL PARTICIPATORY; OPEN SPACE; PARTICIPATING PLANNING; RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY; URBAN PLANNING;

JORDAN, ABU-NUSEIR;

EID: 0030303441     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(96)00343-X     Document Type: Article

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