Servicing land for housing development in peri-urban areas of Kumasi, Ghana: theory versus practice
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0855-0395
DOI: 10.4314/just.v25i1.32934