A socio-economic study of Parkwood Estate, Cape Flats

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dc.contributor.advisorBatson, Edwarden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRabkin, Phyllysen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-22T07:14:46Z
dc.date.available2016-02-22T07:14:46Z
dc.date.issued1941en_ZA
dc.description.abstractParkwood Estate in the municipality of Cape Town is part of the Wynberg Ward. It is bounded on the west by the Prince George Drive, an arterial road to the False Bay Suburbs, on the north by the Golf Links Estate and on the other side by farmlands not as yet sub-divided into plots. Parkwood Estate, in spite of its prepossessing name, is a typical "pondokkie settlement" on the Cape Flats, housing some 1,100 people, mainly Coloured. The Estate is forty-three acres in extent and has about 185 houses, making it one of the more densely populated areas in the vicinity. The dwellings are of very poor construction, consisting almost entirely of roughly built wood and iron structures. The area is singularly deficient in municipal services, there being no system of sewerage and no provision for stormwater drainage. This latter municipal deficiency has meant that annual flooding is inevitable for the people of Parkwood but the seriousness of the consequences was only brought to the notice of the public in the winter of 1941 when the rains were particularly severe. The water level was so high that houses were rendered totally uninhabitable and two children in the district met their death through drowning. The conditions of life are backward, the roads are only tracks in the prevailing sandy littoral drift characteristic of the Cape Flats, the water supply is drawn from wells open to contamination, and the homes are illuminated at night by candlelight.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRabkin, P. (1941). <i>A socio-economic study of Parkwood Estate, Cape Flats</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17162en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRabkin, Phyllys. <i>"A socio-economic study of Parkwood Estate, Cape Flats."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 1941. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17162en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRabkin, P. 1941. A socio-economic study of Parkwood Estate, Cape Flats. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Rabkin, Phyllys AB - Parkwood Estate in the municipality of Cape Town is part of the Wynberg Ward. It is bounded on the west by the Prince George Drive, an arterial road to the False Bay Suburbs, on the north by the Golf Links Estate and on the other side by farmlands not as yet sub-divided into plots. Parkwood Estate, in spite of its prepossessing name, is a typical "pondokkie settlement" on the Cape Flats, housing some 1,100 people, mainly Coloured. The Estate is forty-three acres in extent and has about 185 houses, making it one of the more densely populated areas in the vicinity. The dwellings are of very poor construction, consisting almost entirely of roughly built wood and iron structures. The area is singularly deficient in municipal services, there being no system of sewerage and no provision for stormwater drainage. This latter municipal deficiency has meant that annual flooding is inevitable for the people of Parkwood but the seriousness of the consequences was only brought to the notice of the public in the winter of 1941 when the rains were particularly severe. The water level was so high that houses were rendered totally uninhabitable and two children in the district met their death through drowning. The conditions of life are backward, the roads are only tracks in the prevailing sandy littoral drift characteristic of the Cape Flats, the water supply is drawn from wells open to contamination, and the homes are illuminated at night by candlelight. DA - 1941 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1941 T1 - A socio-economic study of Parkwood Estate, Cape Flats TI - A socio-economic study of Parkwood Estate, Cape Flats UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17162 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17162
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRabkin P. A socio-economic study of Parkwood Estate, Cape Flats. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 1941 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17162en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPovertyen_ZA
dc.titleA socio-economic study of Parkwood Estate, Cape Flatsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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