Dependents and Dependence: A Case Study of Housing and Heuristics in an Informal Settlement in the Western Cape

Social Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-152

  Ross, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 33846524016     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: 19407874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533950308628678     Document Type: Article

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