Gecekondu Settlements in Turkey: Rural—Urban Migration in the Developing European Periphery

Journal of Geography

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 263-271

  Tas, Halil I ^a   Lightfoot, Dale R ^b  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

European Union; Squatter settlements; Turkey; Urban migration

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33344466353     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221340508978648     Document Type: Article

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