The article discusses the proposed Cosmo City sustainable housing development in Johannesburg, South Africa. It states that Cosmo City housing development aimed to redress urban spatial inefficiencies in South Africa. It notes that the project was regarded a benchmark for a new model to low-cost ...
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The article focuses on the repossessed homes in Cosmo City in the north of Johannesburg, South Africa. Topics discussed include statement from Cosmo City resident Maxwell Dube regarding idea of residents on summons, Victor Zuma, one of the homeowners evicted from their homes, and complaints of ...
Using a qualitative research approach 鈥 discourse-based methods (semi-structured interviews, focus group discussion and transect walks), this paper shows how low-income households in Cosmo City, Johannesburg (South Africa) benefit from green infrastructure at the domestic, neighbourhood and riparian ...
Cosmo cityAfrican cityJohannesburgIn the light of fragmented post-apartheid urban development and an increasingly unequal South African society, this paper discusses the question of visionary residential developments which already exist such as Cosmo City can provide an inclusionary remedy to socio-spatial...