Cairo: Too many people, not enough land, too few resources

World Cities Beyond the West: Globalization, Development, and Inequality

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 119-150

  Abu Lughod, Janet L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84926989425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511550799.006     Document Type: Chapter

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