The parallel claims of gated communities and land invasions in a Southern city: Polarised state responses

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 634-648

  Lemanski, Charlotte ^a   Oldfield, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; GATED COMMUNITY; LAND USE; STATE ROLE; TERRITORIALITY; URBAN AREA;

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

EID: 66249090178     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a40173     Document Type: Article

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