NDLI: Housing Shortages in South Africa: A Discussion of the After-Effects of Community Participation in Housing Provision in Diepkloof

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Author	Mafukidze, Jonathan K. Hoosen, Fazeela
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Community participation is a complex process and its propensity to having unintended negative effects plays a vital role in its outcome. This paper attempts to reconstruct and critique the outcomes of a participatory process that seeks to address housing shortages by using the narratives of local residents in Diepkloof. Heterogeneity of identities tied to “spatiality of power relations” and history have influenced the trajectory of community participation, which were underestimated by drivers of the process. This paper shows that community participation has far-reaching negative effects if not undertaken in the correct manner and, if discontinued, results in sensitive issues concerning housing to be unresolved. It concludes that community participation provides unintended outcomes like social tension, disillusionment, conflict and societal fragmentation. Drivers of a participation process therefore need to acquire adequate socio-cultural and historical knowledge of a community so as to limit unintended negative outcomes.
Starting Page	379
Ending Page	396
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10153802
Journal	Urban Forum
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	18746330
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-09-12
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Community participation Heterogeneity Housing shortages South Africa Sociology Political Science Population Economics Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Human Geography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Urban Studies

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