Promoting the interests of the poor in the peri-urban interface: The experience of the intermediate technology development group in Kenya

The Peri-Urban Interface: Approaches to Sustainable Natural and Human Resource Use

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 266-286

  Stevens, Lucy ^a   Berger, Rachel ^c   Kinyanjui, Michael K ^b  

^a Improving Access to Infrastructure Services   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c NONE

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EID: 84925804161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849775878     Document Type: Chapter

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