Recent business transformation in intermediate-sized cities in South Africa

Habitat International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-274

  Geyer, H S ^a   Coetzee, H C ^b   Du Plessis, D ^a   Donaldson, R ^a   Nijkamp, P ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(In)formal business; Apartheid; Intermediate sized cities; Street trading

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; BUSINESS; ENTREPRENEUR; INFORMAL SECTOR; POLITICAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; URBAN AREA;

NORTH WEST PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78651496440     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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