An Interpretation of Sustainable Development and Urban Sustainability in Low-Cost Housing and Settlements in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorIrurah, Daniel K
dc.contributor.authorBoshoff, Brian
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-03T12:50:16Z
dc.date.available2014-03-03T12:50:16Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.departmentPlanning
dc.descriptionChapter 15en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe sustainable development paradigm can be viewed as a convergence of two paradigms that initially evolved in an antagonistic manner, possibly as far back as the industrial revolution. The first one is the growth and development paradigm, which was strongly rooted in economic growth based on the economic output of an economy as measured by GDP (gross domestic product). Until the late 1900s, governments and communities had committed themselves to a vision of improved standards of living through increasing the GDP of their respective economies, while paying minimal attention to environmental and resource impacts. Then in the 1950s to 1970s the environmental movement coalesced after almost a century of isolated pronouncements on resource and environmental degradation arising from exponential population growth as well as increasing levels of production and consumption. The movement argued that unless humanity voluntarily controlled population and economic growth, environmental and resource degradation would put a limit on human survival. The strongest substantiation of the argument was presented in the Club of Rome Report, Limits to Growth (Meadows et al., 1972).en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationIrurah, Daniel K and Boshoff, Brian. 2003. An Interpretation of Sustainable Development and Urban Sustainability in Low-Cost Housing and Settlements in South Africa, in Chapter 15: Philip Harrison, Marie Huchzermeyer, Mzwanele Mayekiso (eds). 2003. Confronting fragmentation :|housing and urban development in a democratising society. University of Cape Town Press, Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn1919713735
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net10539/13999
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Cape Town Pressen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainable urban development; environmental and resource degradationen_ZA
dc.titleAn Interpretation of Sustainable Development and Urban Sustainability in Low-Cost Housing and Settlements in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeBook chapteren_ZA
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