Counter-urbanisation on the Zambian Copperbelt? Interpretations and implications

Urban Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 583-609

  Potts, Deborah ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERURBANIZATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

AFRICA; COPPERBELT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZAMBIA;

EID: 17844397480     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980500060137     Document Type: Review

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