A new apartheid? The spatial implications of fear of crime in Cape Town, South Africa

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-111

  Lemanski, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GATED COMMUNITY; POST-APARTHEID; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE; WORLD;

EID: 7444250125     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1630/0956247042310043     Document Type: Article

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