Landscapes of survival and escape: Social networking and urban livelihoods in Ghana

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1291-1310

  Hanson, Kobena T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECIPROCITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN ECONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 22944475867     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3750     Document Type: Article

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