Segregated by neighbourhoods? A portrait of ethnic diversity in the neighbourhoods of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 499-516

  Agyei Mensah, Samuel ^a   Owusu, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Accra Metropolitan Area; Ethnic diversity; Ghana; Segregation

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL SEGREGATION;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 78650463032     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.551     Document Type: Article

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