Turning the tide? the emergence of national urban policies in Africa

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 348-369

  Turok, Ivan ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa's urban transition; housing and infrastructure programmes; planned urban extensions; policy coordination; slum upgrading; urbanisation policy

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 84950318973     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2015.1107288     Document Type: Article

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