Urban poverty in Cape Town

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-111

  de Swardt, Cobus ^a   Puoane, Thandi ^b   Chopra, Mickey ^c   du Toit, Andries ^b,d  

^a Transparency International Bangladesh   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN ECONOMY;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE; WORLD;

EID: 27644448430     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095624780501700208     Document Type: Article

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