Land restitution and communal property associations: The elandskloof case

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-150

  Barry, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common property regimes; Communal land systems; Land restitution; Post apartheid land reform

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CONFLICT; LAND USE PLANNING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POST-APARTHEID; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RURAL POLICY; STATE ROLE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77956767445     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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