Raw life, new hope : decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community

Raw life, new hope decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>This is the story of a shantytown community in South Africa and its efforts to secure a decent life, moving from tin shacks to formal housing, in postapartheid South Africa. The author's 17-year longitudinal study of thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ross, Fiona C. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Claremont, South Africa : UCT Press 2010.
Subjects:
Community development, Urban > South Africa > Cape Town > Case studies.
Low-income housing > South Africa > Cape Town > Case studies.
Relocation (Housing) > South Africa > Cape Town > Case studies.
Poor > South Africa > Cape Town > Social conditions.
Human settlements > South Africa > Cape Town.
Squatter settlements > South Africa > Cape Town.
Post-apartheid era > South Africa > Cape Town.
Cape Town (South Africa) > Social conditions.
History
informal settlements
shack settlements,Cape Flats
post-apartheid state
formal housing
longitudinal study
Everyday life
HIV
HIV/AIDS
Social relation
South Africa
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009435277106719
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Summary:<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>This is the story of a shantytown community in South Africa and its efforts to secure a decent life, moving from tin shacks to formal housing, in postapartheid South Africa. The author's 17-year longitudinal study of this community has resulted in an extraordinary work that brings its people alive, through photographs, interviews, and even recipes.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (257 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781920516826
9781920499327

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