The Adaptative Nature of Neoliberalism at the Local Scale: Fifteen Years of City Improvement Districts in Cape Town and Johannesburg

Antipode

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-139

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

^a South Africa   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Business improvement districts; Cape Town; Johannesburg; Neoliberalism; Urban policy mobilities; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEOLIBERALISM; POST-APARTHEID; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TERRAIN; URBAN POLICY; URBAN RENEWAL;

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

EID: 84871105583     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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