Gender, households and environmental changes in informal settlements in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
- Authors: Manona, Cecil Wele , Bank, Leslie John , Higginbottom, Karen
- Date: 1995
- Subjects: Agricultural laborers -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Economic conditions Agricultural laborers -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Environmental health -- South Africa Environmental impact statements -- South Africa Environmental policy -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Household supplies -- South Africa Households -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1821 , vital:20230 , ISBN 0868103020
- Description: In recent years the number of people living in informal or 'squatter' settlements in South Africa has mushroomed and virtually every small town or city has one or more squatter settlements associated with it, often next door to the formal residential areas. Using field data collected from 1993 in two informal settlements in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa this study examines, firstly, the ways in which men and women in these communities organise their lives in their households and in the wider society. Secondly, it assesses the physical environment of informal settlements where there is a lack of service infrastructure, especially water, sewerage facilities, refuse removal and roads. Also, it was assumed that the presence of large numbers of people in an informal settlement has a deleterious effect on natural resources like the soil, wood, vegetation and water and that this may have a significant contribution to environmental pollution and degradation. This aspect was also examined. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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The geomorphological evolution of the area between Grahamstown and the Indian Ocean
- Authors: Lewis, Colin A
- Date: 1995
- Language: English
- Type: Book
- Identifier: vital:6709 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006746 , ISBN 0868102776
- Description: [From the introduction]: The landforms of the Albany, Alexandria and Bathurst Districts in the area between Grahamstown and the sea are the product of many different geomorphological processes that have operated for well over 150 million years. The evolution of landforms normally occurs over a very long time and is usually highly complex. As a result it is difficult for a human being, whose allocated span on Earth is of the order of three score years and ten, to appreciate the time involved in their formation. The purpose of this booklet is to indicate the ways in which the present landforms of the area may have evolved. Much research is still needed in order to determine exactly how and when various features developed. In some cases a number of hypotheses exist in order to explain the evolution of a particular feature or region. Consequently it has proved necessary to present more than one interpretation of the devlopment of certain phenomena. This booklet must therefore be regarded as an introduction to the geomorphological development of the area between Grahamstown and the Indian Ocean rather than a definitive statement of the geomorphological evolution of that area.
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- Date Issued: 1995