DHS: Acess to the cities

STATUS: Current
PROJECT LEADER:Van der Bergh, GM (Mr Gray), Turok, IN (Prof. Ivan), Ndinda, C (Dr Catherine)
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Booysen, AS (Ms Denise), Mashigwana, FR (Ms Fikile)
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE: ()
RESEARCH OUTPUTS: Land reform and belonging in South Africa: a place-making perspective, Evaluating Interventions by the Department of Human Settlements to facilitate access to the city by the poor (Ref:VA 50/259): final report, Evaluating Interventions by the Department of Human Settlements to facilitate access to the city by the poor (Ref:VA 50/259): summary report, Evaluating Interventions by the Department of Human Settlements to facilitate access to the city by the poor (Ref:VA 50/259)

Abstract

The current study seeks to explore and shed light on the ways in which implementation of various human settlements programmes has enabled the poor to gain access to the city. Our understanding of the TORs is as follows: This study should interrogate literature on subsidised housing programmes and policies, and draw out how these have impacted on beneficiaries gaining access to the city; The study should develop the theory of change underlying the notion of access to the city as articulated in the policies and programmes of the DHS; Based on the existing literature and empirical data, the study should develop a theoretical conceptualisation of access to the city; The study should deconstruct the various conceptualisations of the notion of access to the city, its various components and how these can be realised through human settlements programmes and policies; The research team should clearly articulate how the poor negotiate their access to the cities and the dynamics and challenges involved. The outcome of the study should contribute to improving and strengthening the policies and programmes of the Department of Human Settlements. The study should also contribute to explicating the role of the DHS in creating avenues for the masses to benefit from urbanity and breaking up fragmentation and creating integrated communities.

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