In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa : The Case of Ethembalethu
This study analyzes the difficulties a poor community experienced in accessing peri-urban land in South Africa. This community, composed largely of laid-off farm workers, wanted to buy their own farm in a peri-urban area west of Johannesburg to establish a mixed-use settlement. The Ethembalethu 250 families started their own savings scheme to make their dream a reality. Millions of black South Africans live in the peri-urban areas. However, government programs, development planning, and environmental requirements, and the current land and housing markets do not allow them realize their aspirations. Based on this case study, the authors suggest the following areas for policy and program reform: (i) overcoming reluctance and resistance by municipalities and prospective neighbors to low-income settlements; (ii) making land use planning in municipalities explicitly pro-poor; (iii) restructuring the land market; (iv) realigning planning processes; (v) designing a land and housing program targeted to peri-urban areas; (vi) re-engineering program implementations; and (vii) freeing up and building capacity. The study proposes the establishment of a national task force to ensure appropriate follow-up.
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dig-okr-1098663642024-08-08T16:46:40Z In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa : The Case of Ethembalethu Berrisford, Stephen DeGroot, Dave Kihato, Michael Marrengane, Ntombini Mhlanga, Zimkhitha van den Brink, Rogier ACCESS TO LAND ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL USES BUILDING MATERIALS CITIES CONSUMERS CONTRACTORS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARMS HOUSING INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND PRICES LAND SPECULATION LAND TAXATION LAND USE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LICENSES LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL OFFICIALS MANDATES METROPOLITAN AREAS MINES MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MUNICIPAL SERVICES MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POPULATION DENSITIES POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY VALUES PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS PUBLIC PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SERVICES SAVINGS SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SOCIAL COSTS SPATIAL PATTERNS SPATIAL PLANNING SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBANIZATION VACANT LAND WAGES This study analyzes the difficulties a poor community experienced in accessing peri-urban land in South Africa. This community, composed largely of laid-off farm workers, wanted to buy their own farm in a peri-urban area west of Johannesburg to establish a mixed-use settlement. The Ethembalethu 250 families started their own savings scheme to make their dream a reality. Millions of black South Africans live in the peri-urban areas. However, government programs, development planning, and environmental requirements, and the current land and housing markets do not allow them realize their aspirations. Based on this case study, the authors suggest the following areas for policy and program reform: (i) overcoming reluctance and resistance by municipalities and prospective neighbors to low-income settlements; (ii) making land use planning in municipalities explicitly pro-poor; (iii) restructuring the land market; (iv) realigning planning processes; (v) designing a land and housing program targeted to peri-urban areas; (vi) re-engineering program implementations; and (vii) freeing up and building capacity. The study proposes the establishment of a national task force to ensure appropriate follow-up. 2012-05-24T17:45:58Z 2012-05-24T17:45:58Z 2008 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9016679/search-land-housing-new-south-africa-case-ethembalethu 978-0-8213-7373-6 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6364 English en_US World Bank working paper;no. 130 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain Washington, DC : World Bank |
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ACCESS TO LAND ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL USES BUILDING MATERIALS CITIES CONSUMERS CONTRACTORS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARMS HOUSING INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND PRICES LAND SPECULATION LAND TAXATION LAND USE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LICENSES LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL OFFICIALS MANDATES METROPOLITAN AREAS MINES MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MUNICIPAL SERVICES MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POPULATION DENSITIES POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY VALUES PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS PUBLIC PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SERVICES SAVINGS SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SOCIAL COSTS SPATIAL PATTERNS SPATIAL PLANNING SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBANIZATION VACANT LAND WAGES ACCESS TO LAND ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL USES BUILDING MATERIALS CITIES CONSUMERS CONTRACTORS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARMS HOUSING INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND PRICES LAND SPECULATION LAND TAXATION LAND USE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LICENSES LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL OFFICIALS MANDATES METROPOLITAN AREAS MINES MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MUNICIPAL SERVICES MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POPULATION DENSITIES POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY VALUES PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS PUBLIC PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SERVICES SAVINGS SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SOCIAL COSTS SPATIAL PATTERNS SPATIAL PLANNING SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBANIZATION VACANT LAND WAGES |
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ACCESS TO LAND ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL USES BUILDING MATERIALS CITIES CONSUMERS CONTRACTORS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARMS HOUSING INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND PRICES LAND SPECULATION LAND TAXATION LAND USE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LICENSES LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL OFFICIALS MANDATES METROPOLITAN AREAS MINES MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MUNICIPAL SERVICES MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POPULATION DENSITIES POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY VALUES PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS PUBLIC PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SERVICES SAVINGS SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SOCIAL COSTS SPATIAL PATTERNS SPATIAL PLANNING SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBANIZATION VACANT LAND WAGES ACCESS TO LAND ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL USES BUILDING MATERIALS CITIES CONSUMERS CONTRACTORS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARMS HOUSING INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND PRICES LAND SPECULATION LAND TAXATION LAND USE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LICENSES LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL OFFICIALS MANDATES METROPOLITAN AREAS MINES MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MUNICIPAL SERVICES MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POPULATION DENSITIES POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY VALUES PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS PUBLIC PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SERVICES SAVINGS SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SOCIAL COSTS SPATIAL PATTERNS SPATIAL PLANNING SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBANIZATION VACANT LAND WAGES Berrisford, Stephen DeGroot, Dave Kihato, Michael Marrengane, Ntombini Mhlanga, Zimkhitha van den Brink, Rogier In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa : The Case of Ethembalethu |
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This study analyzes the difficulties a
poor community experienced in accessing peri-urban land in
South Africa. This community, composed largely of laid-off
farm workers, wanted to buy their own farm in a peri-urban
area west of Johannesburg to establish a mixed-use
settlement. The Ethembalethu 250 families started their own
savings scheme to make their dream a reality. Millions of
black South Africans live in the peri-urban areas. However,
government programs, development planning, and environmental
requirements, and the current land and housing markets do
not allow them realize their aspirations. Based on this case
study, the authors suggest the following areas for policy
and program reform: (i) overcoming reluctance and resistance
by municipalities and prospective neighbors to low-income
settlements; (ii) making land use planning in municipalities
explicitly pro-poor; (iii) restructuring the land market;
(iv) realigning planning processes; (v) designing a land and
housing program targeted to peri-urban areas; (vi)
re-engineering program implementations; and (vii) freeing up
and building capacity. The study proposes the establishment
of a national task force to ensure appropriate follow-up. |
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ACCESS TO LAND ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL USES BUILDING MATERIALS CITIES CONSUMERS CONTRACTORS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FARMS HOUSING INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND PRICES LAND SPECULATION LAND TAXATION LAND USE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LICENSES LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL OFFICIALS MANDATES METROPOLITAN AREAS MINES MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MUNICIPAL SERVICES MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPALITY POLICY ENVIRONMENT POPULATION DENSITIES POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY VALUES PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS PUBLIC PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SERVICES SAVINGS SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SOCIAL COSTS SPATIAL PATTERNS SPATIAL PLANNING SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBANIZATION VACANT LAND WAGES |
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Berrisford, Stephen DeGroot, Dave Kihato, Michael Marrengane, Ntombini Mhlanga, Zimkhitha van den Brink, Rogier |
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Berrisford, Stephen DeGroot, Dave Kihato, Michael Marrengane, Ntombini Mhlanga, Zimkhitha van den Brink, Rogier |
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Berrisford, Stephen |
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In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa : The Case of Ethembalethu |
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In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa : The Case of Ethembalethu |
| title_full |
In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa : The Case of Ethembalethu |
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In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa : The Case of Ethembalethu |
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In Search of Land and Housing in the New South Africa : The Case of Ethembalethu |
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in search of land and housing in the new south africa : the case of ethembalethu |
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Washington, DC : World Bank |
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2008 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9016679/search-land-housing-new-south-africa-case-ethembalethu https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6364 |
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