Residential responses to fear (of crime plus) in two Cape Town suburbs: Implications for the post-apartheid city

Journal of International Development

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 787-802

  Lemanski, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Exclusion; Fear of crime; Gated community; Improvement district; Integration; South Africa

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; GATED COMMUNITY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 33747444648     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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