"Ever-growing Amman", Jordan: Urban expansion, social polarisation and contemporary urban planning issues

Habitat International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-92

  Potter, Robert B ^a   Darmame, Khadija ^a   Barham, Nasim ^b   Nortcliff, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Amman; Arab city; Geopolitics; Jordan; Urban and regional planning; Urban growth; Urban social structure; Urban transport; Urban water supply

Indexed keywords

GIS; MODERNITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN REGION; URBAN SOCIETY;

AMMAN; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

PRIMATES;

EID: 56949105191     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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