Human-centred public urban space

Human-centred public urban space: exploring how the ‘re-humanisation’ of cities as a universal concept has been adopted and is experienced within the socio-cultural context of Riyadh

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Human-centred public urban space : exploring how the ‘re-humanisation’ of cities as a universal concept has been adopted and is experienced within the socio-cultural context of Riyadh. / Almahmood, Mohammed; Gulsrud, Natalie Marie; Schulze, Oliver; Carstensen, Trine Agervig; Jørgensen, Gertrud.

I: Urban Research and Practice, Bind 15, Nr. 1, 2022.

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Almahmood, M, Gulsrud, NM, Schulze, O, Carstensen, TA & Jørgensen, G 2022, 'Human-centred public urban space: exploring how the ‘re-humanisation’ of cities as a universal concept has been adopted and is experienced within the socio-cultural context of Riyadh', Urban Research and Practice, bind 15, nr. 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2018.1539512

APA

Almahmood, M., Gulsrud, N. M., Schulze, O., Carstensen, T. A., & Jørgensen, G. (2022). Human-centred public urban space: exploring how the ‘re-humanisation’ of cities as a universal concept has been adopted and is experienced within the socio-cultural context of Riyadh. Urban Research and Practice, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2018.1539512

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Almahmood M, Gulsrud NM, Schulze O, Carstensen TA, Jørgensen G. Human-centred public urban space: exploring how the ‘re-humanisation’ of cities as a universal concept has been adopted and is experienced within the socio-cultural context of Riyadh. Urban Research and Practice. 2022;15(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2018.1539512

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Almahmood, Mohammed ; Gulsrud, Natalie Marie ; Schulze, Oliver ; Carstensen, Trine Agervig ; Jørgensen, Gertrud. / Human-centred public urban space : exploring how the ‘re-humanisation’ of cities as a universal concept has been adopted and is experienced within the socio-cultural context of Riyadh. I: Urban Research and Practice. 2022 ; Bind 15, Nr. 1.

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