Urban morphology dynamics and environmental change in Kano, Nigeria

Land Use Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 307-317

  Barau, Aliyu Salisu ^a   Maconachie, Roy ^b   Ludin, A N M ^a   Abdulhamid, Adnan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African city; Coupled human and natural system; Resilience; Urban sustainability; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GREENSPACE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ROOF; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

KANO [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; KANO [KANO (STT)];

EID: 84907337112     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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