Skyscrapers in the context of Amman, Jordan

CTBUH 2008, 8th World Congress - Tall and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future, Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 166-174

  Abu Ghazalah, Samer M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Legislation; Skyscrapers; Style; Urban design; Urban development

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; TALL BUILDINGS; URBAN GROWTH;

ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; STRATEGIC PLAN; STYLE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 84900872311     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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