Planning and development regulation amid rapid urban growth: Explaining divergent trajectories in Africa

Geoforum

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-93

  Goodfellow, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Africa; Land use regulations; Policy implementation; Political economy; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

RWANDA; UGANDA;

EID: 84878131464     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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