Urban environmental services and the state in East Africa; between neo-developmental and network governance approaches

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1061-1068

  Oosterveer, Peter ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental state; East Africa; Environmental services; Network governance; State; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDEPENDENCE; STATE ROLE; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SERVICE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70450162073     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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