'Donor-driven' neoliberal reform processes and urban environmental change in Kenya: The case of Karura Forest in Nairobi

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-78

  Njeru, Jeremia ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kenya; Nairobi; neoliberalism; urban environmental change

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIVATIZATION; REFORM PROCESS; URBAN AREA;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

EID: 84869002026     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499341201300105     Document Type: Article

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