Sustainability, poverty and municipal services: The case of Cape Town, South Africa

Sustainable Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 194-201

  Swilling, Mark ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Innovation; Institutional change; Poverty; Sustainable cities; Sustainable resource use; Sustainable urban development

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POST-APARTHEID; POVERTY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77955684321     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.489     Document Type: Article

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