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Title: | Population Density, Housing Demand and Land Values: The Case of Accra |
Author: | Bobo, Benjamin F. |
Year: | 1977 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Studies (UCLA) |
Volume: | 4 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | Summer |
Pages: | 140-160 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | capitals population density housing real property urban areas Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports) Urbanization and Migration Economics and Trade |
Abstract: | This article involves an empirical examination of population densities, housing demand, and land values in an emerging city, Accra, Ghana. Sections: Introductory - Government involvement in housing market (government production; government rationing; price controls on construction materials; rent comtrols) - Examination of density patterns and land values - Urban disaggregation -and population density - Land values and population densities - Concluding remarks. Notes, tables, figures. |