Building traditions of Mzab facing the challenges of re-shaping of its built form and society

Building and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1345-1364

  Bouchair, Ammar ^a   Dupagne, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JIJEL   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barriers; Building traditions; Centrality concept; Ibadits culture; Ksurs; Mzab settlements

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; PLANNING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

VERNACULAR BUILDINGS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

ISLAMISM; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE;

ALGERIA;

EID: 0041562505     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(03)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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