Understanding the links between inherited built forms and urban design: Athens and Alexandria as case studies

Urban Morphology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-53

  Khirfan, Luna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexandria; Athens; Historical urban morphology; Spatial technology; Urban design

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; GIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

ALEXANDRIA [ALEXANDRIA (GVR)]; ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EGYPT; GREECE;

EID: 79953117550     PISSN: 10274278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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