Scale, governance and the maintenance of privileged control: The case of road closures in Johannesburg's Northern Suburbs

Urban Forum

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-352

  Dirsuweit, Teresa ^a   Wafer, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 42149175758     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02681236     Document Type: Article

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