South Africa's national housing subsidy program adn apartheid's urban legacy

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This article examines post-apartheid reform and low-income housing subsidy legislation. The author studies the ability of South Africa's housing program to integrate and desegregate cities. The city of George, Western Cape Province, is used to study trends across the country. The author concludes there have been benefits to the program, but it is not a complete short-term solution.

South Africa, Social aspects, Housing, Housing policy, Race relations, South Africans, Apartheid

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Interpreting the modern city: James Vance's legacy

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Issues related to the life and career of urban geographer Prof James E. Vance, who died on Aug 3, 1999, are examined. Topics include his sophistication; his populism; his life in Berkeley, CA; and his work on settlement systems, urban design, and urban society.

Behavior, Study and teaching, Cities and towns, Geographers, Sociology, Urban, Urban sociology, Vance, James

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Musings on the fat city: are obesity and urban forms linked?

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Each city's fat content is figured out and comments on how obesity and urban forms are linked together are described. It is estimated that all the 'fat cities' on the list of the fattest cities in the U nited Sates suffer symptoms of sprawl to some degree.

Influence, Obesity, Urban geography

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