Land use management challenges for the city of Nairobi

Urban Forum

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-113

  Oyugi, Maurice Onyango ^a   K'Akumu, Owiti A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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EID: 46549086382     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02681232     Document Type: Article

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