The multicultural city and the politics of religious architecture: Urban planning, mosques and meaning-making in Birmingham, UK

Built Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-44

  Gale, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; ISLAMISM; MULTICULTURALISM; RELIGION; URBAN PLANNING;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942466539     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.30.1.30.54320     Document Type: Article

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