Inadequate housing in Ghana

Urbani Izziv

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-137

  Obeng Odoom, Franklin ^a   Amedzro, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Standard Bank Ghana Limited   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Building maintenance; Ghana; Inadequate housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255176317     PISSN: 03536483     EISSN: 18558399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2011-22-01-004     Document Type: Article

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