GIS-based urban sustainability assessment: The case of Dammam City, Saudi Arabia

Local Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-162

  Alshuwaikhat, Habib M ^a   Aina, Yusuf A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33645536821     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830600558432     Document Type: Article

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