The village in a game park: Local response to the demise of coal mining in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Economic Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-66

  Binns, Tony ^a   Nel, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Deindustrialization; Development; KwaZulu Natal; South Africa; Tourism; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; LOCAL ECONOMY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; UTRECHT;

EID: 0037252228     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2003.tb00201.x     Document Type: Article

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