Housing conditions in Palestinian refugee camps, Jordan

Cities

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-73

  Alnsour, Jamal ^a   Meaton, Julia ^b  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housing conditions; Jordan; Maintenance; Palestine; Refugees

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; MAINTENANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REFUGEE; STAKEHOLDER;

JORDAN;

EID: 84886848118     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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