A World-Class City-Region? Envisioning the Nairobi of 2030

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 328-346

  Myers, Garth ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; city visions; Kenya; Nairobi; urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922613725     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764214550308     Document Type: Article

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