A community in trouble? The impact of gentrification on the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town

The Bo-Kaap is an older inner-city, working-class neighbourhood in Cape Town, South Africa. By the 1930s, the area had degenerated into an overcrowded and run-down neighbourhood, consisting largely of dilapidated houses, but by 1941 about 150 housing units had been expropriated by the local authorit...

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Main Author: Nico Kotze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Urbanistični inštitut RS 2013-01-01
Series:Urbani Izziv
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Online Access:http://urbani-izziv.uirs.si/Portals/uizziv/papers/urbani-izziv-en-2013-24-02-004.pdf