Planning, anti-planning and the infrastructure crisis facing Metropolitan Lagos

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 371-396

  Gandy, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; URBAN PLANNING;

AFRICA; LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 32144448544     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980500406751     Document Type: Article

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