Housing the urban poor in twenty-first century Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy mismatch and a way forward for Ghana

GeoJournal

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 147-161

  Yeboah, Ian E A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing policy; Pluralistic approach; Poverty alleviation; Self build; Self help

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; URBAN PLANNING;

ETHANOGRAPHY; HOUSING POLICY; PLURALISTIC APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SELF-BUILD; SELF-HELP;

HOUSING;

HOUSING POLICY; POLICY STRATEGY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SELF HELP; SPATIAL MISMATCH;

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

EID: 24144475020     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-005-8182-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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