Challenges and opportunities for participatory planning approaches within Dubai’s urban context

Journal of Urbanism

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 276-301

  Alawadi, Khaled ^a,b   Dooling, Sarah ^c  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

governance; neo patrimonial; public participation; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929600850     PISSN: 17549175     EISSN: 17549183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2015.1045924     Document Type: Article

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