User-initiated extensions in government-built estates in Ghana and Zimbabwe: Unconventional but effective housing supply

Africa Today

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-105

  Tipple, A Graham ^a   Owusu, Stephen E ^b   Pritchard, Columbus ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; HOUSING PROJECT; LOW INCOME HOUSING;

AFRICA; GHANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33846386114     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2004.51.2.78     Document Type: Article

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