Johannesburg 2030: The Economic Contours of a “Linking Global City”

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 347-368

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a   Rogerson, Jayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Johannesburg; linking city; urban futures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922591200     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764214550303     Document Type: Article

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