Port activities and the spatial structure of cities: The case of Freetown, Sierra Leone

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 257-275

  Gleave, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African ports; Central business districts; Industrial zones; Port activities; Urban spatial structure

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INDUSTRIAL ZONE; PORTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN;

EID: 0031429613     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6923(97)00022-7     Document Type: Article

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