Demographic and housing aspects of structural adjustment and emerging urban form in Accra, Ghana

Africa Today

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-119

  Yeboah, Ian E A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 0345765494     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2003.50.1.106     Document Type: Article

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