- Title
- The social sustainability of low-cost housing: the role of social capital and sense of place
- Creator
- Williams-Bruinders, Leizel
- Subject
- Housing -- South Africa
- Subject
- City planning -- South Africa Cities and towns -- Research Urban geography
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Doctoral
- Type
- DPhil
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/44390
- Identifier
- vital:37161
- Description
- In the past twenty years we have seen the South African government deliver the largest number of houses in the world (NDHS, 2011). However, this great effort does not appeal to the principles that policies have set out in terms of equality. Along with the delivery of this high level of state funded housing, many of the RDP dwellers feel as though they have been marginalised and forced out of the area of opportunity, namely, the CBD and the northern suburbs (Huchzermeyer, 2003). Many researchers believe that the South African housing delivery pattern resembles that of apartheid segregationist planning, which exacerbated the social inequalities in the country (Huchzermeyer, 2003; Donaldson, 2001; Harrison et al., 2003). To gain an in-depth understanding of the lived experiences of residents of a low-cost housing settlement, an interpretative phenomenological analysis was undertaken. The emergent themes emanating from the research study revealed that social problems were pertinent factors to the lack of formulation of community social cohesion. Without this aspect, community building will be hampered, and thus cohesive neighbourhoods will be lacking. To this end, social innovation is proposed as a solution to the Zanemvula development. The issue of social development needs to placed back on the housing agenda, as is stated in the latest Housing Act.
- Format
- xviii, 294 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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