Our study reviews critical social science and policy literature on human settlement research.
It examines how the gender of household heads determines housing location preferences in …

The decision to move to a preferred location is a phenomenon that women-headed
households inevitably grapple with during their housing lifecycle. Choosing a housing …

Housing literature across the globe is replete with the evidence of gender disparity in
homeownership. The cause of this disparity has been associated with a variety of factors …

The paper examines women's involvement in residential location/relocation decision-
making among tenants in Ibadan, Nigeria. The data used in the paper is from a larger cross …

South Africa's constitution enshrines the right to adequate housing, and policy since 1994
has attempted to address this issue. However, realities of poverty, rapid urbanization and …

Urban development and transport policies designed to improve the livelihoods of poor
communities need to consider the particular needs of women to be effective. Gender roles …

This study explores the factors urban residents consider when making residential location
decisions. The context of the study is informal residential areas in a rapidly urbanising …

Be it a house or a makeshift, a shared or rented room, or a home of one's own, a place to live
is central in the survival strategies of all urban households. In this volume the above authors …

The end of apartheid in 1994 led to the African National Congress government adopting the
White Paper on Housing, which stipulates that all South Africans should have access to a …

Until the mid 1980s and early 1990s, international gender theory and urban and housing
development theory have developed separately. Two paradigms dominated gender theory …