Reflections on the concept and conceptualisation of the urban neighbourhood in societies in transition: the case of Pretoria (South Africa)

Abstract

In the article socio-economic analysis of neighborhood is presented on the basis of big ethni-cally defined neighborhoods in Pretoria and the practice of the inhabitants thereof: communi-cations, activities, relation to environment, activities of individuals, form of neighborhoods. A neighborhood is defined as a form of interaction of natural and social environment.

Keywords

• Pretoria
• neighborhood
• socio-economic structure
• ethnical groups
• socio-olitical changes.