Author:Landman, K; Matsebe, G; Mmonwa, MDate:2009The 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
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:01 Sep 2010The 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
Author:Matsebe, GDate:Sep 2009The 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
Author:Goss, H; Busgeeth, K; Le Roux, AlizeDate:01 Sep 2010The 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
Author:Lewis, PDate:Dec 2003This 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 workRead more
Author:Pelders, Jodi L; Nelson, GDate:Apr 2018Poor 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
Author:Napier, MarkDate:Dec 2005The 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
Author:Osman, A; Herthogs, PDate:01 Sep 2010Medium-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
Author:Waldeck, LDate:Nov 2013This 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
Author:Osman, ADate:May 2010This 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
Author:Kuchena, JC; Usiri, PDate:Nov 2009Advanced 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