An overview of South Africa's metropolitan areas - Dualistic, dynamic and under threat⋯

European Spatial Research and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 23-40

  Van Huyssteen, Elsona ^a   Meiklejohn, Cathy ^a   Coetzee, Maria ^a   Goss, Helga ^a   Oranje, Mark ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Metropolitan inequality; Metropolitan regions; South Africa; Urban resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053310096     PISSN: 12311952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s10105-010-0008-2     Document Type: Article

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