Solid waste management in informal settlements of Windhoek

The study examines examines the management of solid waste in the three informal settlements of Windhoek, which are Babylon, Okahandja Park and Okuryangava. Before independence, the apartheid government forbade natural urban expansion in "black" suburbs. This resulted in grossly overcrowded conditions, often with an entire family living in one small room. This was not the case after independence in 1990, when a democratic government took power; people began moving out of their overcrowded homes and started constructing shacks on the periphery of the town. At the same time others perceived this as an opportunity to migrate from rural to urban areas. This exercise contributed to the overcrowded squatter settlements and in turn contributed to a problem of waste

Author dc:creator

• Mutumba, Humphrey Z.

• Waste disposal

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11070/285

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.unam.edu.na:11070/285