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Urban development and the environment in Port Harcourt

Environment & Urbanization (1989) 1(1) 59-68
DOI: 10.1177/095624788900100108
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Urban development and the environment in Port Harcourt describes the city's very rapid growth in recent decades and environmental problems there: very poor housing conditions; very inadequate waste disposal and sanitation; flooding and poor drainage; and air, land and water pollution. Final sections consider the needed measures. © 1989, Human Settlements Programme, IIED. All rights reserved.

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Izeogu, C. (1989). Urban development and the environment in Port Harcourt. Environment & Urbanization, 1(1), 59–68. https://doi.org/10.1177/095624788900100108

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