Urban environmental policy in Africa: The real story

International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 1: Contentious Global Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 288-308

  Retief, F ^a   Rossouw N , ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

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