Slum dwellers' access to basic amenities: The role of political contact, its determinants and adverse effects

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-40

  Edelman, Brent ^a   Mitra, Arup ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; BASIC NEEDS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646681232     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: 1467940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-940X.2006.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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