Andreas Scheba

Human Sciences Research Council — South Africa

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

14h-index961citations46works1.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Urban and Rural Development Challenges(20), Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism(11), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(7), Urban Planning and Governance(6), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development(6)

Publications46 total

Informal rental housing in the global South: managing soft densification for sustainable neighbourhoods
International Development Planning Review·2025
Small-scale rental housing in Southern Africa: from neglect to nurture?
Housing and Society·2025· 1 cited
Continuity or Change? Racial Segregation in Cape Town
Sustainable development goals series·2025Open Access
Inclusionary Housing Policy in Cities of the South: Navigating a Path Between Continuity and Disruption
Housing Policy Debate·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Housing as commons: Sites of struggle and possibility
Cidades, comunidades e território/Cidades comunidades e territórios·2024Open Access
Housing occupations as urban commoning: three modalities of transversal engagement
Cidades, comunidades e território/Cidades comunidades e territórios·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Visualising urban commoning: geographies of precarity, defiance and hope
Cidades, comunidades e território/Cidades comunidades e territórios·2024Open Access
Social Housing and Upward Mobility in South Africa: an Assessment of Household Outcomes
Urban Forum·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Rethinking urbanization and economic development: a synopsis
Environment and Urbanization·2023· 14 cited
Renting in the informal city: the role of dignity in upgrading backyard dwellings in Cape Town, South Africa
The Journal of Modern African Studies·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Co-producing just geographies: Resourcing, bridging, and critical crossings in engaged scholarship
Dialogues in Human Geography·2023· 1 cited
Financializing Africa’s urban peripheries: the rise of housing microfinance
Urban Geography·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Making Demands on Government: Theorizing Determinants of Backyard Residents’ Collective Action in Cape Town, South Africa
African Studies Review·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Developing neighbourhood typologies and understanding urban inequality: a data-driven approach
Regional Studies Regional Science·2022· 17 citedOpen Access
Can social housing help to integrate divided cities?
Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society·2021· 7 citedOpen Access
The role of institutions in social housing provision: salutary lessons from the South
Housing Studies·2021· 14 citedOpen Access
Inequality and Urban Density: Socio-economic Drivers of Uneven Densification in Cape Town
Environment and Urbanization Asia·2021· 41 cited
Questioning urban pessimism: a decade of HSRC research on cities
2021· 1 cited
Social Inequality and Spatial Segregation in Cape Town
˜The œurban book series·2021· 52 citedOpen Access
The location of social housing in Cape Town: separating fact from fiction
2021· 1 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Ivan Turok(20), Justin Visagie(10), Suraya Scheba(6), David Everatt(2), Caryn Abrahams(2), R. A. Blanchard(2), S. Mayeki(2), Adam S. Harris(2), Louis Rice(2), Joana Pestana Lages(2), Saila-Maria Saaristo(2), Jens Friis Lund(1), Eliezeri Sungusia(1), Mathew Bukhi Mabele(1), Irmeli Mustalahti(1), O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo(1), Halfdan Lynge(1), Lochner Marais(1), Holle Linnea Wlokas(1), Jiska de Groot(1)