Are South Africa's cities too small?

Cities

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-180

  Naude, W A ^a   Krugell, W F ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing nations; Scale economies; Spatial development; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038814703     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-2751(03)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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