Learning and mutuality in municipal partnerships and beyond: A focus on northern partners

Habitat International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-217

  Johnson, Hazel ^a   Wilson, Gordon ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning spaces; Institutionalisation; Learning; Municipal partnerships; Mutuality

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60649120004     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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