Augmented informality: South Africa's backyard dwellings as a by-product of formal housing policies

Habitat International

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-484

  Lemanski, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backyard dwellings; Cape Town; Housing; South Africa; Squatters

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOW INCOME HOUSING; POST-APARTHEID; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POPULATION;

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

EID: 67349084673     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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