The nature of poverty in the garrison constituencies in Jamaica

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-99

  Henry Lee, Aldrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN ECONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27644477518     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095624780501700207     Document Type: Article

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