From Toronto to Amman: The Cross-National Transfer of Planning Knowledge

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-547

  Khirfan, Luna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Amman; diffusion; knowledge transfer; transactive planning

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; PLANNING PROCESS; PLANNING THEORY;

AMMAN; CANADA; JORDAN; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84859241841     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2011.626307     Document Type: Article

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