Integrating the informal economy in urban planning and governance: A case study of the process of policy development in Durban, South Africa

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 431-456

  Lund, Francie ^a   Skinner, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POST-APARTHEID; URBAN PLANNING;

AFRICA; DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34848874361     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.26.4.5     Document Type: Article

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