A GIS analysis of the impact of modern practices and polices on the urban heritage of Irbid, Jordan

Cities

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-92

  Al kheder, Sharaf ^a   Haddad, Naif ^a   Fakhoury, Leen ^b   Baqaen, Suha ^c  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c Consolidated Consultants Engineering and Environment ^*  (Jordan)

Author keywords

GIS; Heritage; Spatial analysis; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

GIS; HERITAGE TOURISM; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SYSTEM;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRBID [JORDAN]; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 61849169560     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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