Rethinking Patterns of South African Urban Growth: 1911-2001

Urban Forum

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-342

  Nel, Etienne L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Census; Cities; Growth; Rural; South Africa; Towns; Urban

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GROWTH; RURAL AREA; SMALL TOWN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80053307772     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-011-9132-y     Document Type: Article

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