The Locator -- [(subject = "Accra Ghana")]

32 records matched your query       

Record 10 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
Grant, Richard. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84057685
Title:
Globalizing city : the urban and economic transformation of Accra, Ghana / Richard Grant.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Syracuse University Press,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
xviii, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Urbanization--Accra.--Accra.
Accra (Ghana)--Economic conditions.
Globalization--Accra.--Accra.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : globalizing city -- Globalizing from above : foreign companies and corporate spaces -- Globalizing residential spaces : the spread of gated communities -- Globalizing from above and in between : the residential building boom -- In-between globalizing : returnees' networks and spaces -- Globalizing from below : slum dwellers in a globalizing city -- Conclusions.
Series:
Space, place, and society
ISBN:
0815631723
9780815631729
OCLC:
(OCoLC)225870864
LCCN:
2008046644
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.