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Choices and decisions: Locating the poor in urban land markets

Author: Wanjiku Kihato, C ; Napier, Mark Date: Oct 2013 World cities face a bleak future. Global capital, state failure, structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) and a misguided non-profit sector collude to create a world of ‘megaslums’ which are ‘characterised by overcrowding, poor or informal ... Read more
The Circular Economy as Development Opportunity: Exploring Circular Economy Opportunities across South Africa’s Economic Sectors

Author: Godfrey, Linda K ; Nahman, Anton ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Trotter, Douglas ; Khan, Sumaya ; Nontso, Zintle ; Magweregwede, Fleckson ; Sereme, Busisiwe V ; Okole, Blessed N ; Gordon, Gregory ER ; Brown, Bernadette ; Pillay, Boyse ; Schoeman, Chanel ; Fazluddin, Shahed ; Ojijo, Vincent O ; Cooper, Antony K ; Kruger, Daniel M ; Napier, Mark ; Mokoena, Refiloe ; Steenkamp, Anton J ; Msimanga, Xolile P ; North, Brian C ; Seetal, Ashwin R ; Mathye, Salamina M Date: Dec 2021 The intention of this book is to present the CSIR’s position and interpretation of the circular economy, and to use it to drive discussions on where immediate circular economy opportunities are achievable in South Africa. Opportunities that ... Read more
The circular economy, human settlements and municipal government

Author: Cooper, Antony K ; Kruger, Tinus ; Godfrey, Linda K ; Napier, Mark Date: Jan 2024 The linear economy is where resources (including energy and space) move through the economy in one direction, from being harvested, collected or mined, through refining and processing to create products and services, to uses and consumption, ... Read more
Disability and Universal Access: Observations on housing from the spatial and social periphery

Author: Napier, Mark ; Coulson, J ; Matsebe, GN Date: 2006 This chapter is based on work undertaken for an international comparative study on 'enable environments' which included case studies in Pretoria (South Africa) and New Dehli (India), with the focus being the four case study settlements in the ... Read more
House modifications for preventing malaria (Review)

Author: Furnival-Adams, J ; Olanga, EA ; Napier, Mark ; Garner, P Date: Jan 2021 Despite being preventable, malaria remains an important public health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that overall progress in malaria control has plateaud for the first time since the turn of the century. Researchers and ... Read more
The housing careers of black middle-class residents in a South African metropolitan area

Author: Marais, L ; Hoekstra, J ; Napier, Mark ; Cloete, J ; Lenka, M Date: Jan 2018 Under apartheid, black African households could not own land or homes in most major urban centres in South Africa. This limited residential mobility and locked many households into state rental accommodation in townships. Homeownership for ... Read more
Housing interventions for preventing malaria (Protocol)

Author: Furnival-Adams, J ; Olanga, EA ; Napier, Mark ; Garner, P Date: Aug 2019 This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: Primary: To assess the effects of different structural house modifications on malaria disease burden. Secondary: To explore whether effects vary with level ... Read more
Land and markets in African cities: Time for a new lens?

Author: Napier, Mark Date: Oct 2013 Most people living in cities in Africa live outside of the legal system, without clear rights to the land they occupy. These pieces of land make up the so-called slums which surround and permeate most growing cities, and which are home to ... Read more
A landscape study of South African dissertations in the field of human settlements between 1994 and 2019

Author: De Jager, Peta ; Van Reenen, Coralie A ; Napier, Mark ; Sebake, Thandi N ; Bole, Sheldon Date: Dec 2019 Copyright 2019 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 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
Making urban land markets work better in South African cities and towns: arguing the basis for access by the poor

Author: Napier, Mark Date: May 2007 Contemporary and historical state interventions in South African cities and towns have distorted urban land markets affecting especially the poor. This has resulted in market failure for less wealthy individuals and households in their attempts ... Read more
Mapping housing research methods: Enhancing the link between research theory and methods in African housing studies

Author: Napier, Mark ; Crankshaw, Beth P Date: Oct 2018 Relevant, empirical research creates the foundation for better informed decisions. Poor research that employs inappropriate methods or is without a broader theoretical foundation can lead to poor decision making and the misallocation of ... Read more
Trading places: accessing land in African cities

Author: Napier, Mark ; Berrisford, S ; Wanjiku Kihato, C ; McGaffin, R ; Royston, L Date: Oct 2013 This book provides an analytical perspective that is rigorously informed by detailed empirical work, and offers policy advice that is pragmatically grounded in the realities of governance and everyday urban life. Trading Places provides no ... Read more
Understanding formality and informality in land and housing exchanges in African cities

Author: Napier, Mark Date: Feb 2006 More than 60% of Africa’s urban population lives in slums and most African countries' population subsist on under US$2.0 per day, and the average probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 is about 38%. 25 to 30% of housing in SA cities ... Read more

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