Security of urban tenure in South Africa: Overview of policy and practice

Holding Their Ground: Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 165-181

  Royston, Lauren ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

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