The environmental impact of rapid urbanization in the peri-urban area of Accra, Ghana

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 99, Issue , 1999, Pages 89-100

  Yankson, Paul William Kojo ^a   Gough, Katherine Venton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accra; Environmental management; Ghana; Peri urban; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUBURBAN AREA; SUBURBANIZATION;

ACCRA; GHANA;

EID: 0033386516     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.1999.10649426     Document Type: Article

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