Social structure and dynamics of metropolitan Durban

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dc.contributor.authorHindson, Doug
dc.contributor.authorMorris, Mike
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-05T14:50:19Z
dc.date.available2011-08-05T14:50:19Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.description.abstractThis paper seeks to examine the processes of social differentiation and decompression unleashed by the disintegration of apartheid reform and violence in the 1980 and 1990's in the Durban Functional Region. The term ''differentiation" refers to the processes by which the population of the townships was stratified in terms of income, as well as residential location and conditions; while the term decompression refers to the splitting and spatial relocation of township households previously held "compressed" together within matchbox houses by apartheid influx control and township regulations. The paper begins with a brief overview of the inherited spatial structure of the city and the impact of violence and crime in the breakdown of the racial urban form in parts 1 and 2. Part 3 examines the dynamics of movement and resettlement over a number of historical phases. Part 4 attempts to quantify the size, growth and spatial distribution of population. Parts 5 and 6 examine the processes and social differentiation and decompression in the urban population and in the metropolitan core areas. The final part is devoted to a discussion of basic needs and resource allocation in the DFR and how these influence the processes if differentiation and decompression.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (35 p. : ill.)en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/46735
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCentre for Social and Development Studies, University of Natal?, Durban?, ZAen
dc.subjectSOUTH AFRICA--DURBANen
dc.subjectAPARTHEIDen
dc.subjectURBANIZATIONen
dc.subjectURBAN SETTLEMENTSen
dc.subjectURBAN SOCIOLOGYen
dc.subjectRACIAL DISCRIMINATIONen
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTIONen
dc.subjectSOCIAL JUSTICEen
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKINGen
dc.subjectGOVERNANCEen
dc.titleSocial structure and dynamics of metropolitan Durbanen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.number900087
idrc.project.titleBlack Urbanization, Class Differentiation and Political Conflict (South Africa)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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