Migrating, staying, or moving on: Migration dynamics in the Chyulu Hills, Kenya

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 391-406

  Muriuki, Grace W ^a,b   Jacobson, Chris ^a   Mcalpine, Clive ^a   Seabrook, Leonie ^a   Price, Bronwyn ^a,c   Baxter, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c School of Geography Planning and Environmental Management The University of Queensland ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Kenya; Logistic models; Rural; Secondary migration; Squatters

Indexed keywords

GIS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOGISTICS; MIGRATION; RURAL AREA; VILLAGE;

CHYULU HILLS; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 80052014355     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.619     Document Type: Article

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