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The difficult combination of renting and building a house in urban Ghana

Analysing the perception of low and middle income earners in Accra

Bibliographic Data

ID11985682
AuthorsL A Asante (0000-0002-5485-8489, Kumasi Technical University, corresponding author), Emmanuel Kofi Gavu (0000-0003-0209-1586, TU Dortmund University), Dennis Papa Odenyi Quansah (International Finance Corporation), Derek Osei Tutu (The Forestry Commission of Ghana)
Year2017
Volume83
Issue6
Pages1223-1237
Publication date2017-11-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeoJournal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0343-2521 • E-ISSN: 1572-9893
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10708-017-9827-2
OpenAlexW2768702947
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited33

Affordable housing · Business · Clothing · Consumption (sociology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Enforcement · Human geography · Low income · Low income housing · Middle income · Perception · Political science · Qualitative research · Rental housing · Renting · Sociology · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Psychology · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Finance

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Unique citing works24
Citations per year3
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 23

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