Transforming South Africa's Divided Cities: Can Devolution Help?

International Planning Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-187

  Turok, Ivan ^a,b,c  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVOLUTION; PLANNING PROCESS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84878576961     PISSN: 13563475     EISSN: 14699265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2013.774146     Document Type: Article

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