Chiefs, civil servants and the city council: State-society relations in evolving land delivery processes in Maseru, Lesotho

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-208

  Leduka, Resetselemang Clement ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO   (Lesotho)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; LAND USE; LANDOWNERSHIP; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

AFRICA; LESOTHO; MASERU; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846081414     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.28.2.4     Document Type: Article

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