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Damascus, Syria

By: Jessica Jacobs
In: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies
Edited by: Ray Hutchison
Subject:Urban Planning, Urban Sociology, Urban Studies

Capital of the Arab Republic of Syria, Damascus claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world (although recent excavations in Aleppo, Syria's other major city, might shift this claim). In its long ...

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  Jacobs, Jessica. "Damascus, Syria." In Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, edited by Hutchison, Ray, 240-05. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n75.
  
  Jacobs, J. 2010. Damascus, Syria. In: Ray Hutchison Editor, 2010. Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 240-205 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n75> [Accessed 24 Jan 2021].
  
  Jacobs, Jessica. "Damascus, Syria." Encyclopedia of Urban Studies. Edited by Ray Hutchison. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010, pp. 240-05. SAGE Knowledge. 24 Jan 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971973.n75.
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