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Petites villes et enclavement socio-spatial. Le cas du KwaZulu-Natal (Afrique du Sud)

Small-Sized Towns, Socio-Spatial Enclosing, the Case of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
Jean-Charles Édouard and Hélène Mainet
p. 127-143

Abstracts

Small-sized towns are an interesting case study for the notion of spatial enclosing. They are inserted in urban networks, in dif- ferent ways and they have a key function in polarising both urban and rural territories. At the local scale, they often present ele- ments of proximity which favour social integration. The analysis of two small towns in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal is a good way to underline the role of both private and public actors in the evolution of enclosing situations, in a broad context of administrative and managing redefinition, in the post-apartheid area. What can be the place of this urban scale in the newly created territories ?

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References

Bibliographical reference

Jean-Charles Édouard and Hélène Mainet, Petites villes et enclavement socio-spatial. Le cas du KwaZulu-Natal (Afrique du Sud) Espace populations sociétés, 2005/1 | 2005, 127-143.

Electronic reference

Jean-Charles Édouard and Hélène Mainet, Petites villes et enclavement socio-spatial. Le cas du KwaZulu-Natal (Afrique du Sud) Espace populations sociétés [Online], 2005/1 | 2005, Online since 28 October 2016, connection on 29 March 2024. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/eps/2760; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/eps.2760

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About the authors

Jean-Charles Édouard

Hélène Mainet

Université Blaise Pascal/CERAMAC
Département de Géographie
29, boulevard Gergovia
63037 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1
j-charles.Edouard@univ-bpclermont.fr
Helene.MAINET@univ-bpclermont.fr

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