Squatter rehabilitation projects that support home-based enterprises create jobs and housing: The case of Mathare 4A, Nairobi

Cities

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 223-233

  Kigochie, Petronella W ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Home based enterprises; Housing; Informal sector; Nairobi

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; HOUSING PROJECT; HOUSING PROVISION; URBAN HOUSING;

KENYA; NAIROBI;

EID: 0034882035     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-2751(01)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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