Causes, results and methods of controlling urban sprawl

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 133-141

  Habibi, S ^a   Asadi, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IMAM KHOMEINI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Controlling policies; Result; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING;

CHARACTERISTICS; CONTROLLING POLICIES; INNER CORE; POLICY MAKING; RESULT; URBAN SPRAWL;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84255171624     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.1996     Document Type: Conference Paper

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