Women's work and the built environment: Lessons from the slums of Calcutta, India

Habitat International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-18

  Bose, Mallika ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcutta; Development project; Gender issue; India; West Bengal; Womens employment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GENDER ISSUE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

CALCUTTA; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 0344938115     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(98)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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