The re-scaling of uneven development in Ghana and India

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 467-481

  Grant, Richard ^a   Nijman, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ghana; Globalisation; India; Re scaling; Regional push; Uneven development

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944269809     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0040-747X.2004.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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