Rural Transformation and the Emergence of Urban Centres in Tanzania

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Rural Transformation and the Emergence of Urban Centres in Tanzania. / Lazaro, Evelyne; Agergaard, Jytte; Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted; Makindara, Jeremiah ; Birch-Thomsen, Torben.

Copenhagen : Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2017. 34 p. (IGN Report, Vol. October 2017).

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Harvard

Lazaro, E, Agergaard, J, Larsen, MN, Makindara, J & Birch-Thomsen, T 2017, Rural Transformation and the Emergence of Urban Centres in Tanzania. IGN Report, vol. October 2017, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen.

APA

Lazaro, E., Agergaard, J., Larsen, M. N., Makindara, J., & Birch-Thomsen, T. (2017). Rural Transformation and the Emergence of Urban Centres in Tanzania. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. IGN Report Vol. October 2017

Vancouver

Lazaro E, Agergaard J, Larsen MN, Makindara J, Birch-Thomsen T. Rural Transformation and the Emergence of Urban Centres in Tanzania. Copenhagen: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2017. 34 p. (IGN Report, Vol. October 2017).

Author

Lazaro, Evelyne ; Agergaard, Jytte ; Larsen, Marianne Nylandsted ; Makindara, Jeremiah ; Birch-Thomsen, Torben. / Rural Transformation and the Emergence of Urban Centres in Tanzania. Copenhagen : Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2017. 34 p. (IGN Report, Vol. October 2017).

Bibtex

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