Creating an African Riviera: Revisiting the Impact of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront Development in Cape Town

Urban Forum

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-246

  Ferreira, Sanette ^a   Visser, Gustav ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Free State University   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; South Africa; Urban regeneration; Urban renewal; V A Waterfront

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549097736     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-007-9008-3     Document Type: Article

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