Effects of informal and formal settlements on metal concentrations in the Ramsar accredited Nyl River floodplain, Limpopo Province, South AfricaDue to the limited water sources in South Africa and the increase in demand due to expanding informal and urban settlement, the conservation and adequate ...
Households who experienced periods of food shortages during the previous 12 months had a lower mean DDS than those from food secure households (4.00 +/- 1.6 versus 4.36 +/- 1.7; p = 0.026).Conclusions: Respondents in the informal settlements were more nutritionally vulnerable. Achieving nutrition...
Insufficient and inadequate housing for the urban poor has a long history in South Africa, as in other African cities. Nearly one-fifth of urban households in South Africa reside in an informal dwelling. While most live in informal settlements, significant proportions have erected informal structures...
Backyard dwellings in South Africa: existing research Despite the growing number of backyard dwellings relative to informal settlements over the past ten years (SAIRR, 2008), the former remains an under-researched area, and the existing literature is largely piecemeal. With the exception of a handfu...
Challenging urban health: towards an improved local government response to migration, informal settlements, and HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa This article is a review of the PhD thesis undertaken by Joanna Vearey that explores local government responses to the urban health challenges of migration....
The poor in South Africa encounter many obstacles that impact negatively on their wellbeing. These include high rates of unemployment and a lack of financial and material resources. The poor living in informal settlements dwell in condit... V Pillay - 《Poverty Alleviation》 被引量: 0发表: 201...
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Social change theory provides a basis for understanding the social and political dynamics of informal settlements. The Marconi Beam informal settlement in Cape Town has been analysed from a stage of rapid growth in the early 1990s through to the settlement's demolition, following which people have ...
Informal settlements constitute 36% of residential land use in Freetown, Sierra Leone [22] and in 2016 it was estimated that over 60% of the urban population of Africa live in slums. Slum dweller communities tend to be poor, and since poverty and disability are critically linked [23] AT ...
Soweto, South Africa is an urban township in Johannesburg, with most of its population living in informal settlements. Informal settlements in areas such as Soweto are often impoverished communities that do not get water easily, inadequate sanitation is pervasive, and poor hygiene common (risk ...