Cape Town, a secondary global city in a developing country

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 537-552

  Gibb, Matthew ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GENTRIFICATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WORLD CITY;

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

EID: 34548024925     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c6p     Document Type: Article

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