'The Brown Agenda': Urban environmental problems and policies in the developing world

Geography

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-26

  Williams, Stephen Wyn ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWN AGENDA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOUSING; POVERTY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ENVIRONMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

INDIA, WEST BENGAL, CALCUTTA;

EID: 0030876975     PISSN: 00167487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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