Gender, households and environmental changes in informal settlements in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Manona, Cecil W; Bank, Leslie J; Higginbottom, Karen

Title: Gender, households and environmental changes in informal settlements in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Title: Development Studies Working Paper, no. 64
Creator: Manona, Cecil W, Bank, Leslie J, Higginbottom, Karen
Subject: 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
Date: 1995
Type: Book
Type: Text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1821
Identifier: vital:20230
Identifier: 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.
Description: Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Format: 107 pages, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research
Language: English
Relation: Development Studies Working Paper, no. 64
Rights: Rhodes University
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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