Urban form and sustainability of a hot humid city of Kuala Lumpur

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 353-359

  Bt Omar, Dasimah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hot humid city; Human activities; Sustainability; Urban form

Indexed keywords

EID: 67549104294     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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