Modernist urban planning as a tool of acculturation: Implications for sustainable human settlement development in Cameroon

City, Culture and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-120

  Njoh, Ambe J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cameroon; Colonial urban planning; Colonialism; Cultural imperialism; Modernist urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878110080     PISSN: 18779166     EISSN: 18779174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccs.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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