Al-fina', in-between spaces as an urban design concept: Making public and private places along streets in Islamic cities of the Middle East

Urban Design International

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 65-77

  Nooraddin, Hoshiar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMMON LAND; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0032432768     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: 14684519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/udi.1998.8     Document Type: Article

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