Factors affecting compliance with residential standards in the city of Old Salt, Jordan

Habitat International

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-309

  Alnsour, Jamal ^a   Meaton, Julia ^b  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Jordan: City of Old Salt; Residential standards; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PLANNING PRACTICE; STANDARD (REGULATION); URBAN DESIGN; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67349233451     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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