The organization and performance of a low income rental market: The case of Gaborone, Botswana

Cities

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-245

  Datta, Kavita ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOUSING MARKET; LOW INCOME HOUSING; RENTAL HOUSING; RENTAL MARKET; URBAN ECONOMY;

BOTSWANA, GABORONE;

EID: 0030452018     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-2751(96)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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