Sub Saharan Africa urban land use planning systems: The need for an economic appraisal

COBRA 2010 - Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Awuah, Kwasi Gyau Baffour ^a   Hammond, Felix N ^a   Bloch, Robin ^a   Proverbs, David ^a   Booth, Colin ^a   Lamond, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban land use planning system

Indexed keywords

COST AND BENEFITS; ECONOMIC APPRAISAL; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION; PLANNING SYSTEMS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SUB-REGIONS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; URBAN LAND USE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SURVEYING;

LAND USE;

EID: 84860480133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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