The impact of land use conversion on a residential district in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Ayotamuno, A ^a   Gobo, A E ^b   Owei, O B ^b  

^a Rivers State Polytechnic Bori   (Nigeria)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Land use conversion; Land use management; Land use regulations; Nigeria; Port Harcourt

Indexed keywords

LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDOWNERSHIP; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

NIGERIA; PORT HARCOURT; RIVERS;

EID: 77950666829     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247810363529     Document Type: Article

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