Classification of South African towns revisited

Small Town Geographies in Africa: Experiences from South Africa and Elsewhere

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-19

  Toerien, Daan ^a   Marais, Lochner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

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