Cityness and African urban development

Urban Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-219

  Pieterse, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African urbanism; Everyday practices; Social infrastructures; Urban violence

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA;

EID: 77954459254     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-010-9092-7     Document Type: Article

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