The Methodist Church's initiative to use its vacant land to support homeless people's housing and livelihoods in South Africa

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-121

  Bolnick, Joel ^a   Van Rensburg, Greg ^a  

^a Community Organisation Resource Centre ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHURCH ROLE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING PROVISION; LANDOWNERSHIP; RELIGION; TENURE SYSTEM;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 18144412768     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1630/0956247053633791     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. See, for instance, Bolnick, Joel (1993), "The People's Dialogue on Land and Shelter; community-driven networking in South Africa's informal settlements", Environment and Urbanization Vol 5, No 1, October, pages 91-110;
2. also Bolnick, Joel (1996), "uTshani Buyakhuluma (The grass speaks); People's Dialogue and the South African Homeless People's Federation, 1993-1996", Environment and Urbanization Vol 8, No 2, October, pages 153-170;
3. and People's Dialogue on Land and Shelter (1999), "Negotiating for land: the construction and demolition of Ruo Emoh's show house in Cape Town in August 1999", Environment and Urbanization Vol 11, No 2, October, pages 31-40.
4. Glebes are Church lands.
5. www.urc.courc.org.za
6. www.urckarachi.org