Indigenes' and migrants' access to land in peri-urban areas of Accra, Ghana

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-198

  Owusu, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND MARKET; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; MIGRATION; PERIURBAN AREA; PUBLIC ACCESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 77249094531     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.30.2.5     Document Type: Article

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