Equity, Fairness and Justice Implications of Land Tenure Formalization in Cameroon

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 750-768

  Njoh, Ambe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Colonialism; Land; Land tenure; Land titling; Property rights

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84874393758     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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