Mobility, translocal development and the shaping of development corridors in (semi-)rural Nicaragua

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 409-428

  Steel, Griet ^a   Winters, Nanneke ^a   Sosa, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Central American University of Managua   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBILITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

MATAGALPA; MATIGUAS; NICARAGUA;

EID: 80053894143     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: 14783401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2011.21     Document Type: Article

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