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A note on site and service projects

A note on site and service projects L. DISON INTRODUCTION Rapid urbanisation has resulted in an urgent need to establish basic services and housing in the new suburbs, towns, and shanty towns that have arisen on the peripheries of major metropolitan areas in South Africa. Among the numerous techniques being advocated for the alleviation of the housing backlog is the 'site-and-service' system, in terms of which poorer urban dwellers are provided with a plot on which they can build a home, the plot having been provided with basic water and sanitation facilities, and the township itself with basic bulk infrastructure. In prevalent housing jargon, site-and-service schemes are termed 'informal housing', the initial structures usually being somewhat rough and ready. Nevertheless, most authorities agree that when the housing problem is eventually thoroughly addressed, this system will play a vital role in the total strategy. This paper looks into systems of physical realisation of large-scale site and service projects and of bulk infrastructure, taking into account cost and speed of construction, and also available resources of men, machines, management and money. THE DE LOOR REPORT A report entitled Housing in South Africa: Proposals on a Policy and Strategy has been prepared by a task group on housing policy, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Urban Forum Springer Journals

A note on site and service projects

Dison, L.
Urban Forum , Volume 4 (2) – Apr 3, 2009
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Social Sciences; Human Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Population Economics; Political Science; Sociology, general
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1015-3802
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1874-6330
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10.1007/BF03036558
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L. DISON INTRODUCTION Rapid urbanisation has resulted in an urgent need to establish basic services and housing in the new suburbs, towns, and shanty towns that have arisen on the peripheries of major metropolitan areas in South Africa. Among the numerous techniques being advocated for the alleviation of the housing backlog is the 'site-and-service' system, in terms of which poorer urban dwellers are provided with a plot on which they can build a home, the plot having been provided with basic water and sanitation facilities, and the township itself with basic bulk infrastructure. In prevalent housing jargon, site-and-service schemes are termed 'informal housing', the initial structures usually being somewhat rough and ready. Nevertheless, most authorities agree that when the housing problem is eventually thoroughly addressed, this system will play a vital role in the total strategy. This paper looks into systems of physical realisation of large-scale site and service projects and of bulk infrastructure, taking into account cost and speed of construction, and also available resources of men, machines, management and money. THE DE LOOR REPORT A report entitled Housing in South Africa: Proposals on a Policy and Strategy has been prepared by a task group on housing policy,

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Published: Apr 3, 2009

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