The 'right to the city': Institutional imperatives of a developmental state

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-162

  Parnell, Susan ^a   Pieterse, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Land; Planning; Rights; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; GLOBALIZATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SETTLEMENT PLANNING; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77951230570     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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