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Reinforcing Housing Assets in the Wrong Location? The Case of Botshabelo, South Africa

verfasst von: Lochner Marais, John Ntema, Jan Cloete, Kholisa Rani, Molefi Lenka

Erschienen in: Urban Forum | Ausgabe 3/2016

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Apartheid policies were instrumental in displacing black urbanisation away from key urban areas. Botshabelo, 55 km east of Bloemfontein, is an example of this. This paper uses asset-building theory to argue that post-apartheid policy for Botshabelo has largely reinforced apartheid spatial planning patterns and locked in a significant percentage of the Botshabelo population. Population growth is slow, with evidence of the working age population leaving Botshabelo. At the same time, substantial investment in infrastructure services has increased investment in housing in the past 20 years.

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Titel: Reinforcing Housing Assets in the Wrong Location? The Case of Botshabelo, South Africa
verfasst von: Lochner Marais
John Ntema
Jan Cloete
Kholisa Rani
Molefi Lenka
Publikationsdatum: 11.03.2016
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Urban Forum / Ausgabe 3/2016
Print ISSN: 1015-3802
Elektronische ISSN: 1874-6330
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-016-9276-x

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