Mobility and inequality in rural Nigeria: The case of off-road communities

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-76

  Porter, Gina ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inequality; Mobility; Nigeria; Roads; SAP; Survey

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INEQUALITY; OFF-ROAD COMMUNITY; POPULATION MOBILITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; RURAL MOBILITY; RURAL TRANSPORT; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMME; TRANSPORT SYSTEM; URBAN-RURAL INEQUALITY;

NIGERIA, JOS PLATEAU;

EID: 0030753105     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.1997.tb01584.x     Document Type: Article

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