Desert reclamation, a management system for sustainable urban expansion

Progress in Planning

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 151-206

  Abdel Galil, Rania E S ^a  

^a Egypt Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Indicators; Scenarios; Sustainable urban management; Targets

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DESERT; DEVELOPING WORLD; KNOWLEDGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECLAIMED LAND; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84865647127     PISSN: 03059006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progress.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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