Hard Wood Utilization in Buildings of Rural Households of the Manqakulane Community, Maputaland, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorGaugris, J.Y.
dc.contributor.authorvan Rooyen, M.W.
dc.contributor.authorBothma, J. du P.
dc.contributor.authorVan der Linde, M.J.
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-30T01:39:34Z
dc.date.available2007-06-30T01:39:34Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractAn analysis of the structure and composition of household buildings in the rural community of Manqakulane, Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is presented. This bio-diversity-rich area forms part of the Maputaland Centre of Plant Endemism, currently under threat from land transformation and human utilisation outside conservation areas. The demand for natural resources as building material by people of the community is evaluated through a survey of the structure of 42 randomly selected households. A sample of 226 buildings used for habitation or other purposes was conducted. The results revealed a change in structure types from round reed hut observed in the 1980s towards durable structures made with brick or wooden walls and corrugated iron roofs. Round structures are replaced by square ones, and thatched roofs are no longer the majority. Materials used for construction are identified and quantified, and an attempt is made to plan utilisation for the next eight years.
dc.identifier.citationGaugris JY, van Rooyen MW, Bothma JduP, Van der Linde MJ. 2007. Hard wood utilization in buildings of rural households of the Manqakulane community, Maputaland, South Africa. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 5:97-114.
dc.identifier.issn1547-3465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/224
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.subjectethnobotany
dc.subjecthardwood
dc.subjectwood products
dc.subjectwood construction
dc.subjectrural housing
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectforest resources
dc.subjectrenewable resources
dc.subjectconstruction materials
dc.subjectsampling
dc.subjectrural development
dc.subjectanalysis of variance
dc.subjectBrachylaena huillensis
dc.subjectTerminalia sericea
dc.subjectPtaeroxylon obliquum
dc.subjectHymenocardia ulmoides
dc.subjectCatunaregam spinosa
dc.subjectGrewia microthyrsa
dc.titleHard Wood Utilization in Buildings of Rural Households of the Manqakulane Community, Maputaland, South Africa
dc.typeArticle
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