期刊名称：Annals of the University of Bucharest : Geography Series
印刷版ISSN：1013-4115
电子版ISSN：2247-238X
出版年度：2009
出版社：University of Bucharest
摘要：The Hodna region in Algeria is characterized by special climatic conditions with a temper ature around 40 degree in the shadow. The soil is partly sandy and rocky and has little vegetation. Despite these har sh climatic conditions, people of Hodna have been designing comfortable dwellings for centuries. The settlements in this region are highly dense compact entities which reflect tribal patterns. The city is subdivided into districts that are in turn f or med of neighborhoods. Lessons could be learned from this vernacular urban planning and architecture if their internal structure would be deeper examined. However, only few studies are available on this region. This research tries to emphasize the social and cultural dimensions in urban planning and follow the changing of the urban pattern through the analysis of the historical C ity of Boussaada, the major city of Hodna.
关键词：Cultural and social dimension ¨C urban design-traditional settlement ¨C ksar-Boussaada
