Watch this space! A Visual Essay on vacant land in Cape Town

Vacant land has recently mostly attracted interest for its ecological and social importance, or its planning possibilities. In this paper, we investigate vacant land in a fast-growing city in an emerging country, namely Cape Town in South Africa. In so doing, we are also pleading for vacant land to...

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Published in:	Cybergeo
Main Authors:	Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch, Olivier Ninot, Emma Thébault
Format:	Article
Language:	German
Published:	Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités 2018-02-01
Subjects:	Cape Town urban fragmentation photography
Online Access:	https://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/28974

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