Ambivalent geographies of encounter inside and around the fortified homes of middle class Whites in Cape Town

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 679-688

  Schuermans, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fear of crime; Fortification; Generosity; Geographies of encounter; Home; In depth interviews; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CRIME; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RACE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84885869884     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-013-9352-7     Document Type: Article

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