Creative industries and urban regeneration – The Maboneng precinct, Johannesburg

Local Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 158-171

  Gregory, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

creative clusters; creative industries; inner city Johannesburg; Maboneng precinct; urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956678532     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094215618597     Document Type: Article

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