Author: Beavon, Keith.
Title: Johannesburg. The Making and Shaping of a City.
Description: University of South Africa Press (UNISA) 2004. Printed wraps. 373pp illustrated maps, tables, etc. 0.6kg. No inscriptions. A Fine copy. ISBN: 9781868883035 Inscribed title page by Author Sep. 2009. Analyses the unfolding urban geography of the city from its establishment as a mining camp to present times. Concludes that any push to become a true world-class city will be restricted by the division of the city into the wealthy north and the impoverished south, as well as its the failure to provide an effective modern bus transit system in the face of opposition from the entrenched taxi industry.

Keywords: johannesburg south southern africa african geography