Proper homes, toilets, water and jobs: A new approach to meeting the modest hopes of shackdwellers in Cape Town, South Africa

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 120, Issue , 2009, Pages 743-757

  Jiusto, S ^a   Hersh, R ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Informal settlement upgrading; Undergraduate education; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; LEARNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PERIURBAN AREA; SELF HELP; SERVICE PROVISION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SERVICE;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 71749090401     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SDP090692     Document Type: Article

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