Capital accumulation and the political reproduction of the urban housing problem in Botswana

Urban Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1313-1344

  Kerr, Derek ^a   Kwele, Nightingale ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; URBAN AREA;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0033930001     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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