Vol. 59 (2011)

Special issue on self employment and urban transformation
In collaboration with guest editors: Prof. Manie Geyer (US) and Prof. Peter Nijkamp (Free University, The Netherlands)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.38140/trp.v59i0

Published: 2011-11-30

Editorial

From the guest editors

Manie Geyer, Peter Nijkamp
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Research articles

Who’s out there? A profile of informal traders in four South African city central business districts

Anele Horn

1-6
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Opportunities and constraints facing informal street traders: Evidence from four South African cities

Lodene Willemse

7-15
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The economic importance of migrant entrepreneurship: An application of data envelopment analysis in The Netherlands

Mediha Sahin, Tüzin Baycan, Peter Nijkamp

16-23
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The home as informal business location: Home-based business (HBB) dynamics in the medium-sized city of George

Eunice Smit, Ronnie Donaldson

24-33
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The geography of informal arts and crafts traders in South Africa’s four main city centres

Amanda van Eeden

34-40
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Land quality, urban development and urban agriculture within the Cape Town urban edge

Herman Geyer, Bennie Schloms, Danie du Plessis, Amanda van Eeden

41-52
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Review articles

‘Picking up the pieces’: Reconstructing the informal economic sector in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Trynos Gumbo, Manie Geyer

53-64
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The informal sector in urban Nigeria: Reflections from almost four decades of research

Victor Onyebueke, Manie Geyer

65-76
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