The social and economic impacts of peri-urban access to land and secure tenure for the poor: The case of Nairobi, Kenya

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-66

  Hendriks, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND MARKET; LAND TENURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; OPTIMIZATION; PERIURBAN AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN HOUSING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; NAIROBI [NAIROBI (ADS)]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 48749121977     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.30.1.2     Document Type: Article

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