Exploring Land Development Dynamics in Rural-Urban Fringes: A Reflection on Why Agriculture is Being Squeezed Out by Urban Land Uses in the Nairobi Rural-Urban Fringe?

International Journal of Rural Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-134

  Thuo, Aggrey Daniel Maina ^a  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Drivers; land; land development; rural urban fringe; urbanisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885996380     PISSN: 09730052     EISSN: 09730680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0973005213499088     Document Type: Article

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