Customary landholding institutions and housing development in urban centres of Ghana: Case Studies of Kumasi and Wa

Habitat International

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-267

  Abdulai, Raymond T ^a   Ndekugri, Issaka E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communal landownership; Customary landholding institutions; Ghana; Housing development; Land rights

Indexed keywords

HOUSING FINANCE; LAND RIGHTS; LANDHOLDING; LANDOWNERSHIP; URBAN HOUSING;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34249338347     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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