The Spreading of the City Improvement District Model in Johannesburg and Cape Town: Urban Regeneration and the Neoliberal Agenda in South Africa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 915-935

  Didier, Sophie ^a   Peyroux, Elisabeth ^b   Morange, Marianne ^c  

^a South Africa   (South Africa)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Business improvement districts; Cape Town; Circulation of models; Johannesburg; Neoliberalism; South Africa; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBAL ECONOMY; MODELING; NEOLIBERALISM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; URBAN RENEWAL;

CAPE TOWN; GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84865533530     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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