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Living on Durban's fringe : a study of the leisure styles of shack and peri-urban youth.
(1994)
The study explored the leisure styles of peri-urban youth living on the fringe
of the city of Durban. Little is known about the leisure patterns of this
marginalised segment of the urban population and an aim of this ...
Women's access to housing in Clermont township.
(1998)
Obtaining access to housing is the greatest hurdle for
women throughout the developed and the developing world.
However, this phenomenon varies from country to country,
and it is determined by the level of each ...
Work and life of women in the informal sector : a case study of the Warwick Avenue Triangle.
(1993)
This thesis presents a case study of women working in the informal sector in the Warwick Avenue Triangle of Durban. It documents and analyses the ways in which twenty women experience and contribute to recent changes in ...
Child survival, protection and development programme in Mara and Singida Regions, Tanzania: a focus on the processes of implementation.
(1998)
What can we learn from the programmes which have attempted to improve the conditions of an estimated 190 million children around the world who are chronically undernourished? It is evident from the literature that there ...
Upgrading? : a realistic option for the Ntchaweni squatter settlement.
(1992)
This thesis recognises that quantitative research distances the
researcher from the people who form part and parcel of squatter
settlements. Therefore, in the course of analysing whether
upgrading is a realistic option ...
The use of indigenous trees by local communities within and surrounding the Thukela Biosphere Reserve, with an emphasis on the woodcarving industry.
(1996)
In the past, protected natural areas have excluded local communities from the land and
denied them access to valuable natural resources. However, it is becoming accepted
practice to ensure that neighbouring communities ...
Communal space construction : the rise and fall of Clairwood and district.
(1994)
This study documents the emergence of an Indian cultural enclave located on the periphery of the colonial town of Durban, its subsequent rise to a flourishing communal space by the mid twentieth century, and its decline ...
Analysis of the rural development experience in the former Transkei : the case of Xalanga District.
(1997)
The period after World War II has witnessed an upsurge in the interest in the
plight of the people entrapped in desperate poverty and deprivation in the
Third World countries. However, even with the focus on underdevel ...
Role of synoptic weather systems in surface ozone concentration in Durban region.
(1995)
Measurements of surface ozone in Durban have been
undertaken since September 1994 until August 1995 using a Dasibi ozone monitor model 1108. There is a seasonal
variation in surface ozone with a small amplitude of 6.5 ...
Multivariate regionalization of economic development in Transkei.
(1992)
In recent years, increasing attention has been devoted to the inequalities in development of countries, especially the third world countries, in formulating national development plans. Geographers interested in the regional ...