Urbanisation without development: Environmental and health implications in African cities

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-500

  Boadi, Kwasi ^a,b   Kuitunen, Markku ^a   Raheem, Kolawole ^a   Hanninen, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Environment; Health risks; Poverty; Rural urban migration; Sanitation; Sustainability; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SANITATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 27744528715     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-004-5410-3     Document Type: Review

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