A 'Creative Class' in South Africa's Arid Karoo Region

Urban Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-423

  Ingle, Mark Knightley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Creative class; Entrepreneurship; Karoo; Local economic development; Post productivist

Indexed keywords

CLASS; ENTREPRENEUR; LIFESTYLE; LOCAL ECONOMY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77957021209     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-010-9095-4     Document Type: Article

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