Unbundled security services and urban fragmentation in post-apartheid Johannesburg

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1933-1950

  Bénit Gbaffou, Claire ^a,b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Business improvement districts; Fragmentation; Johannesburg; Policing; Road closures; Security; Security network

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLICE FORCE; POST-APARTHEID; SECURITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

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

EID: 56949102493     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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