Re-evaluating people-environment relationships at the rural-urban interface: How sustainable is the peri-urban zone in Kano, Northern Nigeria?

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 211-228

  Binns, Tony ^a   Maconachie, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925834582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849775878     Document Type: Chapter

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