Spaces of resistance: Informal settlement, communication and community organization in a Cape Town Township

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 979-995

  Skuse, Andrew ^a   Cousins, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

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

EID: 34547414841     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980701256021     Document Type: Article

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