Forget planning, put politics first? Priorities for urban management in developing countries

ITC Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-223

  Rakodi, Carole ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; Management; Politics; Spatial planning; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646238483     PISSN: 03032434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2434(01)85029-7     Document Type: Article

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