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Beyond the artisanal mining site: migration, housing capital accumulation and indirect urbanization in East Africa

Jesper Bosse JønssonCOWI Tanzania Ltd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Deborah Fahy BrycesonCentre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKView further author information
Pages 3-23 | Received 24 Feb 2016, Accepted 19 Jan 2017, Published online: 21 Feb 2017

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