Towards more compact South African settlements through informal housing: The case of backyard densification in Bridgton and Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn

This article engages the concepts of urban sprawl and density, as the foundations for a discussion on South Africa’s informal backyard rental sector. This research attempts to relate some of the spatial impacts levied by the backyard sector in post-apartheid South Africa, based on case study researc...

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Main Authors: Louis Lategan, Juanee Cilliers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2016-05-01
Series:Town and Regional Planning
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Online Access:http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/585