In many countries, rural areas have shown a new spatial-economic dynamics that has meant a contrast with the traditional urban-rural dichotomy. In particular, the need to use economicecological sustainability as a guiding principle for new rural development is a prominent feature. But how will...

Significant spatial and structural changes have occurred in the business sector of intermediatesized cities in South Africa since the mid-1990s. These changes can largely be ascribed to responses of entrepreneurs, from both formal and informal sectors, to the profound changes that have taken...