Bottom-up approach to sustainable urban development in Lebanon: The case of Zouk Mosbeh

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-44

  El Asmar, Jean Pierre ^a   Ebohon, John Obas ^b   Taki, Ahmad ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Participatory approach; Sustainability; Top down approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855903687     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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