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

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.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Social Anthropology

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Beauclair, Roxanne

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Spiegel, Andrew

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10086

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10086