The challenge of Genadendal / edited by Hannetjie du Preez ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Du Preez, Hennetjie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing subsidies--South Africa--Genadendal.

Housing subsidies.

Genadendal (South Africa)--History.

Genadendal (South Africa).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During our term in office as President of the Republic of South Africa, we decided to rename the presidential official residence in Cape Town from Westbrooke to Genadendal which means Valley of Grace. We also visited this historic little town on 10 October 1995. The renaming of the official residence was in honor of the oldest mission settlement in South Africa. Over the centuries it became a place associated with the coming together of people from different racial groups: in addition to being the first permanent Khoi settlement at the Cape, it was also a place of sanctuary for more than a tho

Contents:

Title page; Contents; Foreword; The Benefits for the Moravian Church in South Africa; Introducing the Genadendal Integrated Conservation Project in South Africa; Genadendal's Historical Context and Project Set-up; Value Assessment at Various Levels of Scale; Genadendal: Conservation and Development; Identifying the Cultural Landscape of Genadendal; Challenges of the Rural Housing Subsidy; Challenges of Implementing the New Rural Housing Subsidy for Existing Historical Building Stock; Infrastructure Provision and Service Delivery Challenges in Genadendal

Historic Mission Settlement Education ProjectTechnical Aspects of Dwellings Made of Adobe in Genadendal; Integrated Conservation of Genadendal - A Critical Review

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

6612070692

1-282-07069-X

9786612070693

1-4416-0561-4

600-00-1277-2

1-60750-405-7

OCLC:

491253335