This has resulted in significant nonpoint source related water quality problems in these settlements. Although contamination of water resources is a physical process, which is related to the settlement character and service levels, the institutional and socio-economic conditions in the settlements largely...
This cross-sectional study assessed the risk of zinc deficiency in randomly selected children, aged between 7 and 11 years, living in a poor, peri-urban informal settlement in South Africa. Dietary intake of 149 respondents was evaluated by 24-hour recall and quantitative food frequency ...
South Africa (RSA) is a water scarce country challenged with transforming its unsustainably resource-intensive economy whilst also addressing the legacy of Apartheid. The adequate provision of water to RSA9s citizens is one of the most significant challenges facing the country – and if a water cr...
urban settlement intention. To fill in the research gaps, this paper aims to examine the socio-economic features, housing characteristics and residence plans of young talents. The effects of the abovementioned factors on urban settlement intention were examined by employing binary logistic regression, ...
South African Family PracticeIgwe PC, Ebuchi OM, Imem V, Afolabi BM. Effects of the use of insecticide treated bednets on birth outcomes among primigravidae in a per-urban slum settlement in South East Nigeria. SA Fam Pract. 2007;49(6):15....
The upgrading of an informal settlement in South Africa: Two decades onwards Much of the research on low-income housing and informal settlements comprises one-off case studies focussing on narrow aspects of development. In this rega... L Marais,J Ntema - 《Habitat International》 被引量: 67...
Domestic land grabbing is defined as the process of land expropriation and displacement put in place by governments within their country borders to suppose... G Siciliano - 《Population Space & Place》 被引量: 22发表: 2014年 Land conversion and urban settlement intentions of the rural population...
F. et al. Population-based incidence of typhoid fever in an urban informal settlement and a rural area in Kenya: implications for typhoid vaccine use in Africa. PLoS ONE 7, e29119 (2012). Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Souza, T. B. et al. High prevalence of ...
Mabopane was historically a black-only residential settlement. It is a peri-urban area containing a mix of dispersed land uses, including recreational and green spaces. Mabopane has a population of approximately 110,972 and a density of 2,600/km2 (Statistics South Africa 2011). The green space...
that is higher than that of Europe. Africa and Asia, in contrast, remain mostly rural, with 40 and 45 % of their respective populations living in cities. In the years ahead, the level of urbanization is expected to increase in all major areas of the developing world, with Africa and Asia...