Housing demand in the urban fringe around Kumasi, Ghana

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Owusu Ansah, Justice K ^a   O'Connor, Kevin B ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Building style; Expatriates; Housing demand; Urban fringe

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; URBAN HOUSING;

ASHANTI; GHANA; KUMASI;

EID: 77949305123     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-009-9173-x     Document Type: Article

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