Building a vision for the post-apartheid city: What role for participation in Johannesburg's City development strategy?

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-163

  Lipietz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City development strategies; City politics; Governance; Johannesburg; Participation; Urban development

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ELITE POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POST-APARTHEID; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41149100195     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00767.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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