Missing the point? Urban planning and the normalisation of 'pathological' spaces in southern Africa

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 639-651

  Kamete, Amin Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Informal economies; Informality; Normalisation; Pathological spaces; Southern Africa; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; INFORMAL SECTOR; MARGINALIZATION; PLANNING THEORY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SOCIETY; URBANIZATION;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84883638304     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2012.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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