Land valorisation processes and state intervention in land management in peri-urban Accra, Ghana

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-371

  Larbi, Wordsworth Odame ^a,b   Antwi, Adarkwah ^a   Olomolaiye, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Lands and Forestry   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND TENURE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDOWNERSHIP; PERIURBAN AREA; POLICY REFORM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

HARNESS;

EID: 33846095571     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.25.4.3     Document Type: Article

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