Community, Place and Transformation: A Perceptual Analysis of Residents' Responses to an Informal Settlement in Hout Bay, South Africa

Geoforum

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-101

  Oelofse, Catherine ^a   Dodson, Belinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community and class conflict; Informal settlements; Land use conflict; Post apartheid cities; South African cities; Urban planning; Urban policy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND USE CONFLICT; PERCEPTION; RESIDENTS' ATTITUDES; SOCIAL CONFLICT; URBAN PLANNING;

SOUTH AFRICA, WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE, CAPE TOWN, HOUT BAY;

EID: 0031446223     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7185(97)85529-7     Document Type: Article

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