Understanding chronic poverty in urban areas

International Planning Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-19

  Mitlin, Diana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POVERTY; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 22144461790     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563470500159220     Document Type: Article

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