Contemporary South African urbanization dynamics

Urban Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-348

  Todes, Alison ^a   Kok, Pieter ^b   Wentzel, Marie ^c   van Zyl, Johan ^c   Cross, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Human Science Research Council ^*

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Migration; South Africa; Urban growth; Urbanization trends

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; LAND REFORM; MIGRATION; SURVIVAL; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954458167     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-010-9094-5     Document Type: Article

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