Appendix 1 : sketching the environmental history of Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg and environs)

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2007

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Queen's University, Development Studies Program, Kingston, ON, CA

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Historians of Pietermaritzburg (part of the municipality of Msunduzi and capital of KwaZulu-Natal province) paid only scant attention to the non-white population in the surrounding townships, farms, reserves and other settlements. The worst impacts of degraded or unhealthy environment are concentrated in areas most disadvantaged during apartheid. Bearing in mind that different parts of the city developed at different paces, the paper sketches five rough periods of time in which a clearly dominant tendency can be identified. What the author calls “demented industrialization” counterbalances narratives of progress and development. This background paper is part of the larger project, see http://hdl.handle.net/10625/44183.

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APARTHEID, URBAN POVERTY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, TOWNSHIPS, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, ECOHEALTH, HOUSING, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/44572

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2000-2009 / Années 2000-2009
Research Results (Ecohealth) / Résultats de recherches (Écosanté)