Informal housing in Cape Town - Tredoux, Marius
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The City of Cape Town is estimated to host approximately three million people. Of those three million, it is also estimated that 22 percent are living in what could be considered informal dwellings. In 2000, one of the United Nations Millennium Development Declaration goals for 2020 was to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers as proposed in the Cities without slums initiative. The South African government took this initiative on board and has set a goal of eradicating all informal settlements in South Africa by 2014. There is thus a process…mehr

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The City of Cape Town is estimated to host approximately three million people. Of those three million, it is also estimated that 22 percent are living in what could be considered informal dwellings. In 2000, one of the United Nations Millennium Development Declaration goals for 2020 was to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers as proposed in the Cities without slums initiative. The South African government took this initiative on board and has set a goal of eradicating all informal settlements in South Africa by 2014. There is thus a process of formalization currently taking place in South Africa. In Cape Town however, there is currently a backlog of between 300 000 to 400 000 households and this number is growing
Autorenporträt
Marius Tredoux graduated in 2005 with a BA degree in Humanities, in 2006 with an Honors degree in Sociology and in 2009 with a Mater''s degree in Sociology. He has done various studies on quality of housing issues such as the quality of life of the eldery in Old Age Homes. He is also a member of the Oxford Institute for Ageing.