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Right to the city in the age of neo-liberal development: A case study of two slum communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh Cover

Right to the city in the age of neo-liberal development: A case study of two slum communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh

By: Shamsul Arefin  
Open Access
|Jun 2023

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Language: English
Page range: 49 - 70
Submitted on: May 25, 2023
Accepted on: Jun 21, 2023
Published on: Jun 30, 2023
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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