Towards a Political Economy of Transportation Policy and Practice in Nairobi

Urban Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Klopp, Jacqueline M ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL ECONOMY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

EID: 84857640543     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-011-9116-y     Document Type: Article

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