Housing, planning and urban health: Historical and current perspectives from South Africa

Globally, policymakers often describe informal settlements and slums in terms of health problems. In this paper we trace the way housing and planning have been linked to health concerns in the history of South Africa and we assess post-apartheid literature on the topic. We note that researchers cont...

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Main Authors: Gbadegesin Job, Pienaar Michael, Marais Lochner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-06-01
Series:Bulletin of Geography: Socio-Economic Series
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2020-0011