Browsing by Subject "Urbanisation"
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Demographic aspects of urbanization in Africa: A re-assessment of recent patterns
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)In recent years, urban growth has been one of the major challenges in Africa. The increasing size and unwieldiness of towns and cities are a result of an on-going rapid urbanisation. The process of this rapid urbanisation ... -
The dynamics of urbanisation in Kampala, Uganda: Towards a possible alternative policy framework
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The purpose of the study is to investigate the dynamics explaining Kampala's urbanisation, with a view of analysing their implications for an alternative urban policy framework for this city. This study was motivated by ... -
Housing delivery in the Western Cape province of South Africa: A comparative study of Langa and Mfuleni townships
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)The South African housing policy in the 1950s until 1990s was shaped by the ideology of apartheid and the belief that the State should play a major role in the provision of social welfare including housing. Housing delivery ... -
Voortrekker Road palimpsest: A study in social, spatial and temporal flux in the city
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)With its Afrikaner Nationalist past and its current status as an Afropolitan hub, Voortrekker Road simultaneously constitutes a place of separation and transgression, resulting in a quotidian tableau of urban life that ... -
Water regime requirements and possible climate change effects on Fynbos Biome Restionaceae
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) of southern Africa is one of the world’s most unique biodiversity hotspots. However, this biodiversity continues to be threatened by habitat loss due to rapid urbanisation, agriculture and ...