Ethnic residential patterns as predictors of intra-urban child mortality inequality in Accra, Ghana
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The pattern of child mortality inequalities within a larger sub-Saharan African city, Accra in Ghana is examined. It is observed that spatial variability in child mortality in Accra is associated with the pattern of residential separation of the Ga from other ethnic groups.
Publisher: Bellwether Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2006
Ghana, Infants, Infant mortality, Housing discrimination, Accra, Ghana
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2006
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Retail enterprise on the U.S. urban periphery: the role of immigrant ethnic groups in the late-19th century
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The article examines the retail enterprise of immigrant ethnic groups in the United States in the late 19th century to suggest that a city's position in the urban-regional hierarchy is an important factor that influences ethnic entrepreneurship in that city.
Publisher: Bellwether Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2007
United States, Management dynamics, Immigrants, Management, Emigration and immigration, Company business management, Minority business enterprises
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2007
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Subjects list: Social aspects, Ethnic groups
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