Exploring small town development dynamics in rural South Africa's post-productivist landscapes

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 21-34

  Hoogendoorn, Gijsbert ^a   Nel, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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