The enterprise ecology of towns in the karoo, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 106, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages

  Toerien, Daan F ^a   Seaman, Maitland T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clustering; Ecology; Ecosystems; Enterprise development; Towns

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ORDINATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOWN PLANNING; TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE ENTERPRISE;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77953564921     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v106i5/6.182     Document Type: Article

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