Local state restructuring and urban transformation in post-apartheid Cape Town

GeoJournal

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 39-47

  Giraut, Frédéric ^a   Maharaj, Brij ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Class; Crime; Housing; Place; Race; South Africa; State restructuring; Urban transformation

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

URBAN TRANSFORMATION;

URBAN PLANNING;

BLACK POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POST-APARTHEID; RACE; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0142152512     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026018819206     Document Type: Article

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