Environmental akalism' and the war on filth: The personification of sanitation in urban Nigeria

Africa

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 606-622

  Manton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; POST-COLONIALISM; PUBLIC SERVICE; SANITATION; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POLITICS; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; LIBERALIZATION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; URBAN AREA; WAR;

IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO;

EID: 84896942561     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001972013000466     Document Type: Article

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