Understanding land markets in African urban areas: The case of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Habitat International

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-165

  Lusugga Kironde, J M ^a  

^a ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Informal housing; Land acquisition; Land values; Tanzania; Urban land markets

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND MARKET; URBAN ECONOMY;

DAR ES SALAAM; TANZANIA;

EID: 0342657072     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(99)00035-1     Document Type: Article

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