Centenary paper: The poor and the land: Poverty, property, planning

Town Planning Review

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-265

  Davy, Benjamin ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDOWNERSHIP; POVERTY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 77950450390     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.80.3.2     Document Type: Article

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