The changing nature of urban governance in peri-urban Accra, Ghana

Third World Planning Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 393-410

  Gough, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PERIURBANIZATION; URBAN POLITICS;

ACCRA; GHANA;

EID: 0033285982     PISSN: 01427849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/twpr.21.4.465l0m84v32q8103     Document Type: Article

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