Environmental risk
Urban refugees’ struggles to build livelihoods in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9974401 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas M Crea (0000-0002-8092-7353, Boston College, corresponding author), Maryanne Loughry (Boston College), Christine O’Halloran (Boston College), George J Flannery (Boston College) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 667-682 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020872816631599 |
| OpenAlex | W2336484120 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 10 |
Urban South Africa is a major destination for refugees across sub-Saharan Africa. Based on interviews with urban refugees, this study identified significant barriers to achieving livelihood security for this population, including community violence, crowding, fear of xenophobia, exploitation from officials and oversaturated markets for small businesses. Nevertheless, refugees identified several aspects of service provision from a non-governmental organization which proved helpful, especially through material assistance in helping establish viable, profit-generating small businesses. Recommendations for service delivery to this population include assessing refugees’ level of environmental vulnerability and providing a package of supports that address a clients’ particular living situation
Agriculture · Business · Computer security · Crowding · Displaced person · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Internally displaced person · Livelihood · Political science · Politics · Population · Refugee · Service (business · Service delivery framework · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Xenophobia · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Marketing · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Resilience
Examining livelihood strategies of urban refugees through sustainable livelihoods perspective
Assets, cash transfers and urban livelihoods in South Africa
Gender-related challenges of cash transfer beneficiaries involved in the informal economy in Johannesburg
Revisiting the host–refugee environmental conflict debate
Born in displacement
Comparing Refugee and South African Migrant Enterprise in the Urban Informal Sector
Victimisation of African Foreign Nationals in Durban, South Africa
Assessing the Impacts of Covid-19 on Women Refugees in South Africa
Religion and Identity De/Construction among Forced Migrants
How cash transfers enable agency through livelihoods in South Africa
Comparison of Four Different Livelihood Programmes for Urban Refugee Women in Durban, South Africa
Migration and Health
Protection and Dignity in Johannesburg
Laws, Policies, or Social Position? Capabilities and the Determinants of Effective Protection in Four African Cities
A Foot in the Door
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Displacement in urban areas
No Easy Walk
The refugee crisis in Africa and implications for health and disease
Protecting people in cities
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |