The state and new-build gentrification in Central Cape Town, South Africa

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2565-2593

  Visser, Gustav ^a   Kotze, Nico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; REGENERATION; STATE ROLE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

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

EID: 54049149987     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008097104     Document Type: Article

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