Urbanization in South Africa: A frontier between the first and third world

Geography Research Forum

Volumn 18, Issue , 1998, Pages 83-98

  Van Der Merwe, I J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Demographic structure; First third world frontier; International city model; Post apartheid city; South Africa; Spatial patterns; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

POST-APARTHEID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; WORLD CITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032427274     PISSN: 03335275     EISSN: 24148725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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