Can self-build housing improve social sustainability within low-income groups?

Obremski, Helena; Carter, Claudia

doi:10.3828/tpr.2019.12

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“…Social activity is interrelated with the physical context in which it transpires (Dempsey et al, 2009: 7). Accordingly, social sustainability has provided a focus for planning research, policy and practice, emphasising the social outcomes of aspects such as housing (Dixon & Woodcraft, 2013;Obremski & Carter, 2019). In planning for physical and non-physical attributes potentially conducive to more socially sustainable environments, the elements captured in Table 1 may be considered. A few elements are highlighted.…”

Section: Coming To Terms With Social Sustainability and Socially Sustmentioning

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Informal backyard rentals through a social sustainability lens – a case study in Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Lategan

Cilliers

2019

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Social sustainability is a significant field of research in post-apartheid South Africa, given the challenges and inequalities faced, evidenced in urban landscapes where millions reside in informal settlements and informal backyard rental accommodation. This article investigates the informal backyard rental phenomenon in South Africa through a social sustainability lens, focusing on a case study in Bridgton and Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn. Qualitative and quantitative research findings unveil several features in support of social sustainability framed by familial connections between landlords and backyard tenants. The article also uncovers certain challenges presented by informal backyard rentals and social sustainability, predominantly related to the quality of structures and certain social concerns. In its totality, the article provides a contextualised perspective on social sustainability in the informal backyard rental sector and provides the planning community and other decision makers with a more nuanced understanding of the complexities and potentials that may underpin it in small town South Africa and beyond.

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Section: Coming To Terms With Social Sustainability and Socially Sustmentioning

confidence: 99%

Informal backyard rentals through a social sustainability lens – a case study in Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Lategan

Cilliers

2019

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“…It should be noted that previous studies have recognized the role of space in social sustainability. This includes the study of self-built housing [22], the dependence of social sustainability on spatial climate changes [23], or the interdependence between environmental and social sustainability, without competing with each other [24]. However, the relationship between the space of rural accommodation and social sustainability has not yet been addressed.…”

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Spaces for Collaborative Arrangements as Social Sustainability in Rural Accommodation in Brazil: Pouso dos Paula

2019

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Studies of collaborative arrangements are usually based on socioeconomic interpretations, with little research exploring the socio-spatial perspective. The assumption is that space (as an epistemic category) can promote collaborative arrangements. Thus, the objective of the research was to describe the spaces of rural accommodation establishments as a sign of collaboration, which is understood as a socio-spatial entity. For this purpose, Pouso dos Paula (Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil) was the object of the study. This study was qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive in nature with a phenomenological approach. Primary data was collected from websites, leaflets, and videos about the object of study and in situ (photographic and architectural survey and reading of space). Secondary data was collected from the literature. The data collected were analyzed in the light of the theory of montage, based on the idea of abduction of Peircean semiotics. The results showed collaboration in spaces of the rural accommodation studied, which generally signifies and reveals spatial conditions for carrying out civic initiatives, meets social demands, and for gives rise to collaborative arrangements in rural areas which, together, can lead to political empowerment in rural Brazil, which are understood as a factor of social sustainability. The originality of the study lies in the recognition of the role of space of rural accommodation in promoting social sustainability.

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