Rethinking sustainable development within the framework of poverty and urbanisation in developing countries

Environmental Development

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-32

  Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful ^a   Erdiaw Kwasie, Michael Odei ^b   Amoateng, Paul ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Poverty; Sustainable development; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920718672     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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