Unearthing treasure and trouble: Mining as an impetus to urbanisation in Tanzania

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 631-649

  Bryceson, Deborah Fahy ^a   Jønsson, Jesper Bosse ^a   Kinabo, Crispin ^b   Shand, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Gold; Large scale mining; Mineral depletion; Mining history; Smallscale mining; Tanzania; Urban growth; Urban hierarchy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GOLD MINE; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SMALL SCALE MINING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84873689606     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2012.724866     Document Type: Article

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