recent work on rural鈥搖rban migration, which has focused on the rural areas as sites of asserting citizenship, social change and changing forms of investment that are to a large extent driven by the lack of opportunity to do so meaningfully in the informal settlements migrants inhabit in the...
People in rural areas are generally more dependent on public and other health care services than on private services, compared with people living in urban areas. There is limited evidence of substantial intra-urban disparities, with inequality being worse in smaller urban settlements (i.e. towns)...
In response to the persistent and unacceptable high rates of crime, among other challenges, the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 was published in August 2012. Regarding safety and security within South Africa's human settlements, the NDP 2030 provides strategies for crime reduction and ...
The objectives of the study were to provide quantitative information on the material benefits generated from urban farming in order to assess the contribution of this activity to the food security and nutrition of participating households and to explore the meaning of urban agriculture in the livelihoo...
Central Government has acknowledged this fact and as a mitigating step, has introduced an unconditional equitable share grant that is allocated to local government. However, as reflected during workshop consultation with government and civil society, many municipalities struggle with the formulation and ...
Scholars often lament that urban areas in post-apartheid South Africa are beset by a shortage of affordable urban residential land and informal settlements. This shortage will never be addressed through market-based land reforms. The redistribution process is criticised for being slow and ineffective;...
Analyzing several types of human settlements—populated places and regions—in a country can yield insights into how human settlement variations shape COVID-19 transmission. This study focuses on COVID-19 incidence in India across its urban and rural districts, motivated by three main reasons. ...
With the rapid development of China's economy and the implementation of innovation strategy, talents have become the core element of urban development. Housing is a key factor to attract and retain young talents. Various studies have analyzed the role of
In contrast to the traditional perception of the pervasive rural poverty in a developing country, poverty has become gradually urbanized in China, despite ... C Guo,C Gu,F Wu - 《Habitat International》 被引量: 211发表: 2006年 Achieving urban food and nutrition security in the developing worl...
Peri-urban landscapes are transitional areas between urban and rural areas that are constantly changing. They are characterised by land use mixes and land cover changes, leading to significant changes in wildlife habitats. These changes, combined with an increasing anthropogenic presence, turn peri-urba...