The role of secondary cities in managing urbanisation in South Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 182-195

  Marais, Lochner ^a   Cloete, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

housing; infrastructure; Secondary cities; urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN HOUSING; URBANIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85006961056     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2016.1259993     Document Type: Article

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