Peri-urban land reform, political-economic reform, and urban political ecology in Zanzibar

Urban Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-288

  Myers, Garth Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratization; Land reform; Subsaharan Africa; Urban political ecology; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; ECONOMIC REFORM; LAND REFORM; NEOLIBERALISM; PERIURBAN AREA; PERIURBANIZATION; PLANNING PRACTICE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POLITICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

EID: 43849109176     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.29.3.264     Document Type: Article

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