Household savings and residential mobility in informal settlements in Bhopal, India

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1025-1040

  Lall, Somik V ^a   Suri, Ajay ^b   Deichmann, Uwe ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b India Habitat Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSING FINANCE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; BHOPAL; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745070576     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980500406744     Document Type: Article

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