Demographic and Economic Changes in Small Towns in South Africa's Karoo: Looking from the Inside Out

Urban Forum

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 395-410

  Nel, Etienne ^a,b   Taylor, B ^c   Hill, T ^d   Atkinson, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Demography; Karoo; Race; Small towns; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LITERATURE REVIEW; RACIAL DISPARITY; SMALL TOWN; URBAN PLANNING;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80053315910     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-011-9131-z     Document Type: Article

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