Why Won't Downtown Johannesburg 'Regenerate'? Reassessing Hillbrow as a Case Example

Urban Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-324

  Winkler, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Linear market rationalities; Port of entry neighbourhoods; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; MEGACITY; PUBLIC SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84878168303     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-012-9178-5     Document Type: Article

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