Moving young lives: Mobility, immobility and inter-generational tensions in urban Africa

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 796-804

  Porter, Gina ^a   Hampshire, Kate ^a   Abane, Albert ^b   Robson, Elsbeth ^c   Munthali, Alister ^c   Mashiri, Mac ^d   Tanle, Augustine ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Ghana; Inter generational relations; Malawi; Mobility; South Africa; Transport; Urban; Young people

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCOME; MOBILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; URBAN SOCIETY; YOUNG POPULATION;

GHANA; MALAWI; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77956185131     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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