Social participation in city governance and urban livelihoods: Constraints to the informal recycling economy in Aba, Nigeria

City, Culture and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-325

  Nzeadibe, Thaddeus Chidi ^a   Anyadike, Raymond N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aba; Informal economy; Recycling; Social participation; Urban governance; Urban livelihoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873099901     PISSN: 18779166     EISSN: 18779174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccs.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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