- Title
- Assessing the 'breaking new ground in housing' policy of South Africa in meeting the objectives of community participation
- Creator
- April, Tandeka
- Subject
- Housing policy -- Citizen participation
- Subject
- Political participation -- South Africa -- Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality -- Evaluation
- Date Issued
- 2011
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9070
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1008400
- Identifier
- Housing policy -- Citizen participation
- Identifier
- Political participation -- South Africa -- Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality -- Evaluation
- Description
- Community participation is an important aspect of South African government policies that deal with integrated development planning and sustainable development. This report presents aspects of community participation in infrastructure delivery and in particular housing in Reeston which is part of the Duncan Village Redevelopment Initiative in East London area of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. The importance of community participation is acknowledged as it enhances the ability of the community members to demonstrate and use their own views to deal with specific issues and to address the needs and problems that emerge and prevail in their societies. The two emerging paradigms of community participation suggest that the participating communities should be involved in the ‘selection, design, planning and implementation’ of projects that will have an effect on them and from which they are going to benefit ; and that continuous feedback to communities forms a fundamental part of any development activity. This report explores how the “Breaking New Ground in Housing” (BNG) policy of the South African Government meets its objectives in the context of community participation.
- Format
- 64 leaves: col. ill
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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