- Title
- Livelihood strategies of airport valley community in Nelson Mandela Bay
- Creator
- Kungune, Tamara
- Subject
- Poverty -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Subject
- Sustainable development -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Community development -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/30972
- Identifier
- vital:31242
- Description
- Poverty is one of the major problems facing South Africa. It is seen as a multidimensional concept alluded to several causes. Poverty is more prone in South Africa’s townships that are found in the periphery of cities, due to the country’s history of racial segregation. This research dissertation presents livelihood strategies of Airport Valley community in Nelson Mandela Bay. People in this community suffer from a combination of linked problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low income, poor housing, high crime environment and bad health to mention a few. Data collection was accomplished through questionnaires and observations. The results revealed that households in Airport Valley depend mostly on government social grants and are engaged in activities that do not pay decent salaries. A high percentage of energetic men and women of working age are either underemployed or unemployed. People in this community have access to a variety of assets including human capital which is constituted by the quantity and quality of labour available, education, skills and health of the household members.
- Format
- viii, 97 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economics Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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