Amman: Disguised genealogy and recent urban restructuring and neoliberal threats

The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 37-68

  Daher, Rami Farouk ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

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EID: 84917412302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203696798     Document Type: Chapter

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