Perceptions of urban land use and degradation of water bodies in Kumasi, Ghana

Habitat International

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 206-213

  Eduful, Michael ^a   Shively, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Kumasi; Perceptions; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban land use; Water bodies

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LAND USE; PERCEPTION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ASHANTI; GHANA; KUMASI;

EID: 84940776885     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.034     Document Type: Article

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