Persisting vision: Plans for a modern Arab capital, Amman, 1955-2002

Planning Perspectives

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-110

  Abu Dayyeh, Nabil I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

AMMAN; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0442312106     PISSN: 02665433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0266543042000177922     Document Type: Article

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