Low-cost Housing Areas Research Articles

'n Holistiese behuisingsevalueringsmodel: 'n Instrument vir ontwikkelingpraktisyns in laekoste-behuising

A theoretically grounded Holistic Housing Evaluation Model (HHEM) for the evaluation of low-cost housing was developed from a human ecology perspective. The objectives for this article are to describe the construction process of the HHEM, to discuss the application of the evaluation model in the Wesbank community, and to compile a community profile with the HHEM as point of departure. Evaluation research using multiple data collection techniques including documentary content analysis, a semantograph, focus groups and a survey using a structured questionnaire was applied. The HHEM was compiled after examining the South African government policy and legislation, analysis of the literature and identification of the indicators obtained from focus groups aimed at determining housing quality. The HHEM was used as a framework for the development of a questionnaire, which was applied in a survey in the low-cost housing area of Wesbank. By applying the HHEM, a community’s needs and other related housing aspects can be identified and it is possible to construct a community profile. Meaningful conclusions can be made regarding issues in that community and then visually displayed in a model for easy application by development practitioners. Key words: Low-cost housing, evaluation research, housing evaluation model, housing legislation, community participation, communities, housing indicators, adequate housing, housing structure

Public green space inequality in small towns in South Africa

The distribution of public green space within towns is frequently uneven, and influenced by attributes such as its location relative to the commercial core, as well as the ethnicity and relative wealth and education of the residents. Yet most studies are from large cities in developed countries. In contrast, this study reports on the distribution of public green space across 9 small towns in a developing country, namely South Africa, which offers a unique case study because of its former racially defined settlement patterns. We do so using GIS analysis of aerial photographs focusing on 3 types of suburbs in each town, defined on the basis of wealth as well as race-based history under the previous apartheid regime. The more affluent suburbs, inhabited mainly by whites, have the lowest density of housing and the highest area of green space per capita. Proportionally, they have a similar area under public green space as to the previously racially defined townships, but because of the lower housing density, they have a greater area per person. The newly built low-cost housing areas (termed RDP suburbs), occupied largely by poor black South Africans, are poorly endowed with public green space, and fare worse than the other 2 suburb types on all attributes measured. This needs to be addressed in further low-cost housing developments.

Ecological Succession and Asian Immigrants in Australia

In recent immigration policy debates in Australia, it has been asserted that Asian immigrants concentrate in ethnic ghettos, thus posing a threat to the social cohesion of Australian society. This assertion has been based mainlyon selective observations made by anti-immigration groups. Nevertheless, it is more or less consistent with expectations of an ecological succession model that has guided studies on patterns of housing consumption behaviour of new immigrants in the West. The ecological succession model contends that new immigrants concentrate in ethnic ghettos or low-cost housing areas and will move to good neighbourhoods only after they improve their socio-economic position in the host society. Using data from the 1991 Housing and Location Choice Survey conducted in Melbourne and Sydney, the article shows that the assertion concerning the poor housing condition of Asian immigrants in Australia is unfounded. There is no ecological succession among them because they lived in good neighbour-hoodsin Melbourne and Sydney shortly after their arrival in Australia. The ecological succession model is a valid framework for poor immigrants from Indo-China, but it does not apply to patterns of housing consumption behaviour among well-to-do immigrants from North and South-East Asia.

Urbanization in Papua New Guinea

Pacific ViewpointVolume 18, Issue 1 p. 43-57 ArticleFree Access Urbanization in Papua New Guinea Problems of Access to Housing and Services J. J. Bryant, J. J. BryantSearch for more papers by this author J. J. Bryant, J. J. BryantSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 May 1977 https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.181003Citations: 5AboutSectionsPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References 1Ballard, J. A., 1976, Wantoks and Administration, University of Papua New Guinea. 2Blaxter, L., and Fitzpatrick, P., 1973, Informal Sector Seminar, Department of the Chief Minister, Papua New Guinea Government (Dec. 17). 3Blaxter, L., and Fitzpatrick, P., 1975, “The Informal Sector—An Administrator’s Nightmare”, Administration for Development, 4, 29- 35. 4Bryant, J. J., 1976, The Provision of Services to Low-Cost Housing Areas in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, paper presented to 47th ANZAAS Congress, Hobart. 5Jackson, R. T., 1975, “Changing Patterns of Urban Growth in Papua New Guinea”, Journal of Tropical Geography, 41, 28- 33. 6Lukas, P., 1975, As reported in the Post-Courier, Port Moresby, June 11. 7McKillop, R. F., 1976, “ Problems of Access: Agricultural Extension in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea”, draft chapter for a book on Improving Access to Government Services, J. A. Ballard (Ed.). 8Ministry of the Interior, 1975, National Housing Plan (Part I), Housing Commission, Papua New Guinea. 9Oram, N. D., 1973, “ Administration: The Neglected Determinant of Urban Development”, in J. Harre (Ed.), Living in Town: Problems and Priorities in Urban Planning in the South Pacific, Suva, 125- 139. 10Papua New Guinea Government, 1973, Self-Help Housing Settlements for Urban Areas, Papua New Guinea Government White Paper. 11Rew, A., 1975, “Without Regard for Persons: Queuing for Access to Housing and Employment in Port Moresby”, Development and Change, 6, 2, 37- 49. 12Taylor, R. D., and Partners, 1972, Madang Urban Study, Papua New Guinea Department of Lands, Surveys and Mines. Citing Literature Volume18, Issue1May 1977Pages 43-57 ReferencesRelatedInformation