Incremental infrastructures: Material improvisation and social collaboration across post-colonial Accra

Urban Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 788-804

  Silver, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accra; improvisation; incremental infrastructures; post colonial cities; prefigurative politics

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOW INCOME HOUSING; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84912534736     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2014.933605     Document Type: Article

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