Challenges to the enforcement of development controls in the Wa municipality

Habitat International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-142

  Boamah, Nicholas Addai ^a   Gyimah, Charles ^a   Bediako Nelson, John Kwabena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Development control; Ghana; Legal framework; Wa municipality

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LEGISLATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; URBAN PLANNING;

GHANA; UPPER WEST REGION; WA;

EID: 80053458226     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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