Circular Migration: A View from Destination Households in Two Urban Informal Settlements in South Africa

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 819-831

  Posel, Dorrit ^a   Marx, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; POPULATION MIGRATION; RETURN MIGRATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84878956389     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.766717     Document Type: Article

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