Here to work: The socioeconomic characteristics of informal dwellers in post-apartheid South Africa

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 285-304

  Hunter, Mark ^a,b   Posel, Dorrit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

employment; household; informal settlements; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; RELOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STATE ROLE; URBAN AREA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84860541349     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247811433537     Document Type: Article

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