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Architects and the housing challenge: a process, not a product

Author: Osman, A Date: Sep 2010 This article deals with the state of architecture and the housing challenge in South Africa. Read more
Assessing the physical characteristics of medium density mixed housing in South Africa

Author: Landman, K ; Matsebe, G ; Mmonwa, M Date: 2009 The new housing plan in South Africa promotes the development of medium density and mixed housing developments. The nature and organisation of the physical characteristics of this type of housing has been identified as one of the key factors ... Read more
Efficacy of innovative technologies in subsidised housing in South Africa: A case study

Author: Van Wyk, Llewellyn V Date: 01 Sep 2010 The Millennium Development Goals are the world’s targets for addressing extreme poverty in its many dimensions – income poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter, and exclusion – while promoting gender equality, education and ... Read more
Home-based enterprise in social housing: enhancing the quality of life of residents?

Author: Matsebe, G Date: Sep 2009 The housing plan known as “Breaking New Ground” (BNG) promotes the use of the house as an asset for wealth creation and empowerment (Dept of Housing, 2004). An assessment of social housing developments in South Africa indicated that some of ... Read more
Housing / Human Settlements Atlas series: continued support towards more sustainable human settlements

Author: Goss, H ; Busgeeth, K ; Le Roux, Alize Date: 01 Sep 2010 The National Department of Human Settlements has contracted the CSIR Built Environment Unit in the development of the Human Settlements Atlas (previously Housing Atlas) series. The overall aim of the series is to provide a spatial interpretation ... Read more
Housing and occupational health and safety in the South African mining industry, part 2

Author: Lewis, P Date: Dec 2003 This study was commissioned to investigate the current housing situation of mineworkers, and establish whether there is any association between housing and health and safety at work Read more
Living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South Africa

Author: Pelders, Jodi L ; Nelson, G Date: Apr 2018 Poor living conditions are a consequence of the history of the South African mining industry (SAMI), despite legislation having been implemented to attempt to address this challenge. This paper describes the living conditions of mine workers ... Read more
Macro-perspective on the first decade of South African housing delivery and its contribution towards the formation of sustainable settlements and communities

Author: Napier, Mark Date: Dec 2005 The economic, social and spatial impacts of the national state housing programme in South Africa over the last ten years have been significant. And yet the ability of the programme to produce settlements which can be described as 'sustainable' ... Read more
Medium-Density Mixed Housing: sustainable design and construction of South African social housing

Author: Osman, A ; Herthogs, P Date: 01 Sep 2010 Medium-Density Mixed Housing (MDMH), of which social housing (SH) is one component, is perceived to have the capacity to contribute to the transformation of fragmented South African cities more than the massive roll-out of government subsidised ... Read more
Overview of urban growth simulation: With examples of results from three SA cities

Author: Waldeck, L Date: Nov 2013 This presentation provides an overview of Urban Growth Simulation as a risk free means of assessing the future outcome of major policy and investment decisions with some examples of scenarios that were simulated in different South African ... Read more
Residential dynamics: the co-existence of formal and informal systems in Khartoum, Sudan

Author: Osman, A Date: May 2010 This paper looks at the residential dynamics in Khartoum, Sudan. Some patterns demonstrate that formal and informal systems co-exist and are mutually supportive. There are also particular spatial manifestations that have resulted from a unique ... Read more
Sustainable advanced construction technologies

Author: Kuchena, JC ; Usiri, P Date: Nov 2009 Advanced Construction Technologies (ACTs) are set to become the sustainable mainstay of the construction industry due to the demand for innovative housing solutions. Like most emerging economies, South Africa from a historical perspective and ... Read more

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