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informal settlements in johannesburg – nursing writers

I need some assistance with these assignment. informal settlements in johannesburg Thank
you in advance for the help! Additionally, the rules that govern the construction of buildings
could have been violated (Ashipala & Armitage, 2011). Connectively, various factors are
believed to be the cause of informal settlement in Johannesburg. Among those factors
include. increase in urbanization, whereby, the number of people who were migrated from
rural areas to the town was very high as compared to the number of houses available in
Johannesburg town.Berry, M. G., Robertson, B. L., & Campbell, E. E. (2004). Aspects of the
History and Development of Informal Settlements in the South-Eastern Cape Coastal Zone.
South African Geographical Journal, 86(1), 23-29.In addition, the lack of sufficient financial
resources to compensate the population in acquiring land could have led to an increase in
an informal settlement (Berry, Robertson & Campbell, 2004). Research indicates that
poverty and social-cultural factors contributed significantly to an increase in informal
settlements in Johannesburg town. The impacts of the informal settlement have been
discussed among those impacts. increase environmental pollution, increase in social evils
such theft, increase in the spread of diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Cholera, typhoid to mention
just but a few (Berry, Robertson & Campbell, 2004). Therefore, this study aims to provide
insight into the topics discussed below.

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