The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront as playground for Capetonians

Urbani Izziv

Volumn 25, Issue Special Issue, 2014, Pages S63-S80

  Ferreira, Sanette ^a   De Villiers, Rozitta ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape town; Leisure; Shopping space and public space; Tourism; Waterfronts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908127491     PISSN: 03536483     EISSN: 18558399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2014-25-supplement-005     Document Type: Article

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