Ideology and public health elements of human settlement policies in sub-Saharan Africa

Cities

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-18

  Njoh, Ambe J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

colonial town planning in Africa; hygiene and sanitation; public health ideology; public health policies and politics; town planning ideology; urban public health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HYGIENE; IDEOLOGY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; TOWN PLANNING;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 58749095820     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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