Learning from the people: Participatory rural appraisal, geography and rural development in the 'new' South Africa

Applied Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Binns, Tony ^a   Hill, Trevor ^b   Nel, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Development; Geography; PRA; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA, EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE;

EID: 0030984408     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0143-6228(96)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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