New Street Geographies: The Impact of Urban Governance on the Mobilities of Cape Town's Street Youth

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 556-573

  van Blerk, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOBILITY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84872861066     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012468895     Document Type: Article

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