Geography, transport and Africa's proximity gap

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Naudé, Wim ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Geography; Regional cooperation; Transport

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL AID; INTERNATIONAL LAW; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 58149260331     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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