An Exploratory and Reflective Process of Urban Spatial Morphology within Social Sustainability: Lessons from Middle Eastern Islamic Tradition

Digest of Middle East Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-267

  Mohammed, Gamal Taha ^a   Thwaites, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84858681222     PISSN: 10604367     EISSN: 19493606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-3606.2010.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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