The waste sector and informal entrepreneurship in developing world cities

Urban Forum

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 247-259

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 27644577655     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-001-0018-2     Document Type: Review

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