"Where we stayed was very bad ... ": Migrant children's perspectives on life in informal rented accommodation in two southern African cities

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 423-440

  Ansell, Nicola ^a   van Blerk, Lorraine ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING POLICY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

AFRICA; BLANTYRE; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LESOTHO; MALAWI; MASERU; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 15944427124     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a36226     Document Type: Article

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