Consent and contradiction: Scholarly responses to the capital subsidy model for informal settlement intervention in South Africa

Urban Forum

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-106

  Huchzermeyer, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0142243668     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-001-0004-8     Document Type: Article

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