The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, inequality and urban land markets

Cities

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 425-429

  Obeng Odoom, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Development; Inequality; Urban

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84875227595     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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