Managing urban growth in the city of Amman, Jordan

Cities

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-99

  Alnsour, Jamal Ahmad ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Amman; Jordan; Urban growth; Urban management; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

AMMAN; JORDAN;

EID: 84942033940     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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