Land use controls and residential land values in the Offinso South municipality, Ghana

Land Use Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-117

  Boamah, Nicholas Addai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Development control compliance; Land use controls; Land values; Offinso South municipality, Ghana

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; DEVELOPMENT CONTROL; LAND USE PLANNING; LIVING STANDARD; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN PLANNING; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; ZONING SYSTEM;

GHANA;

EID: 84872660090     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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