Community agency in the New South Africa: A comparative approach

Urban Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2151-2166

  Lyons, Michal ^a   Smuts, Carin ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CS Studio Architects   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033429059     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098992601     Document Type: Article

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