Africa's urbanisation: Implications for sustainable development

Cities

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-72

  Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful ^a   Erdiaw Kwasie, Michael Odei ^b   Amoateng, Paul ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Poverty reduction; Sustainable development; Urban areas; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 84939416847     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.03.013     Document Type: Article

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