Mining, welfare and urbanisation: The wavering urban character of Zambia's Copperbelt

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 571-587

  Mususa, Patience ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINING; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBANIZATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE PROVISION;

COPPERBELT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84873663504     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2012.724873     Document Type: Article

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