Landuse, policy, and squatter settlements: The case of peri-urban areas in Botswana

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 677-686

  Shabane, Ikopoleng ^a   Nkambwe, Musisi ^b   Chanda, Raban ^b  

^a Ministry of Labor and Home Affairs   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Land use; Land use planning; Peri urban; Squatter

Indexed keywords

GIS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; PERIURBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 78651380796     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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