Abstract
South Africa has one of the largest gaps between rich and poor in the world. This disparity is displayed particularly in urban areas where suburbs of the wealthy adjoin informal settlements of the poor. The townships of Dainfern and Diepsloot are examples of such unequal residential arrangements and they provide appropriate case studies through which to investigate the connections between environmental justice and environmental history in an urban setting in a developing country in Africa.
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