Middle East city networks and the "new urbanism"

Cities

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-199

  Stanley, Bruce ^a  

^a London Middle East Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City networks; City system; Middle East; New urbanism; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN SYSTEM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20344386704     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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