Islamic law for water and land management and its impact on urban morphology

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Ben-Hamouche, Mustapha
• التنسيق: Conference or Workshop Item
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2008
• الموضوعات: TH1-9745 Building construction
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://eprints.usm.my/34371/1/HBP18.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/34371/

Urban morphology and territorial landscape of Islamic cities were deeply affected by the Islamic law that regulated the ownership, distribution and use of water and land. Due to the climatic exigencies and the economy of subsistence that was mostly based on agriculture, water was a precious liqui...