Settlements pattern and functional distribution in an emerging communities: A case of a local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria

Social Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-263

  Ahmed, Y A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Distribution; Hierarchical settlement; Ilorin; Metropolis; Morphological patterns; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951542706     PISSN: 18185800     EISSN: 19936125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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