Towards Effective City Planning-The Case of Cape Town in Identifying Potential Housing Land

Urban Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-203

  Brown Luthango, Mercy ^a   Makanga, Prestige ^a   Smit, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Informality; Low cost housing development; Spatial analysis tools; Under utilised land; Urban planning; Vacant land

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING PROJECT; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND MARKET; SOCIAL HOUSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84877634243     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-012-9153-1     Document Type: Article

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