Table of Contents

Contents Living in an urban world 8 The history of Cape Town 12 The people of Cape Town 18 Living in the city 22 The Cape Town economy 30 Managing Cape Town 36 Transport for Cape Town 40 Culture, leisure and tourism 44 The Cape town environment 50 The Cape Town of tomorrow 56 Glossary 58 Further information 59 Index 60

About the Author

Rob Bowden is a freelance development geographer, a teacher and also a photographer. He is a regular visitor to Kenya and is involved in several development projects there. He has written several books for children on environmental and development issues including three titles from the highly successful Countries of the World series published by Evans Brothers.