Instagrammers, Urban Renewal and the Johannesburg Inner City

Urban Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 399-414

  Hoogendoorn, Gijsbert ^a   Gregory, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Inner city; Instagram; InstaMeets; Johannesburg; South Africa; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; INNER CITY AREA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOFTWARE; URBAN RENEWAL; VULNERABILITY;

GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84973624940     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-016-9287-7     Document Type: Article

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