An OLS analysis of the impact of colonialism on inter-country differentials in slum incidence in Africa

Cities

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-111

  Njoh, Ambe J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Colonial cities; Modernization; Slums; Urban development; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODERNIZATION; POPULATION SIZE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 84922996211     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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