Development and disappointment : an ethnographic study of Kosovo informal settlement's water and sanitation system upgrade

Beauclair, Roxanne

Development and disappointment : an ethnographic study of Kosovo informal settlement's water and sanitation system upgrade

Master Thesis

2010

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department

Social Anthropology

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Abstract

In the context of rapid urbanisation and growing numbers of informal settlements in peri-urban areas of Cape Town, South Africa, a development project was undertaken by the municipality, to provide Kosovo Informal Settlement with a new communal water and sanitation system that uses vacuum sewerage technology. This ethnographic study sought to establish the level of social acceptability of the new infrastructure postupgrade; to monitor how residents used the new and old water and sanitation systems; and to identify any other social or institutional barriers to providing water and sanitation services in similar contexts. It was found that the development project was a complete failure. This dissertation describes the ways in which the municipality engaged with residents and other stakeholders and shows how they contributed to the project's failure.

Description

Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-73).

Keywords

Practical Anthropology

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