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Grant, R., Nijman, J. (2004). Post-Colonial Cities in the Global Era: A Comparative Study of Mumbai and Accra. In: Dutt, A.K., Noble, A.G., Venugopal, G., Subbiah, S. (eds) Challenges to Asian Urbanization in the 21st Century. The GeoJournal Library, vol 75. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2531-9_3
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