Low-Income Access to Urban Land and Housing in Botswana

Urban Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-154

  Mosha, Aloysius Clemence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Access; Housing; Land; Low income; Urban

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING MARKET; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOW INCOME HOUSING; PRIVATE SECTOR; STATE ROLE; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 84874538624     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-012-9174-9     Document Type: Article

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