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crime increases the risk of involvement in serious crime for all children growing up there' (McCord, Widom, and Crowell, 2001:89).

Social Housing: The case of Mauritius
Common perceptions about housing estates in Mauritius are that these regions commonly known as cites hold various social evils such as drug trafficking and addiction, prostitution, HIV/AIDS, juvenile delinquency, poor educational attainments among others.

DISSERTATION

According to Andersson, not all poor estates or areas are associated with problems (Anderson et al, 2005). In other words, poor estates hold positive aspects too. In a research carried out by StraConsult Ltd in 2010 on 'Intergenerational social mobility in CHA housing estates', the conclusion that has been reached is as such:

'Nonobstant la perception populaire concernant les cit¨¦s et les d¨¦fis de leur environnement physique auxquels leurs habitants ont ¨¤ faire face, il y a eu ind¨¦niablement une mobilit¨¦ sociale interg¨¦n¨¦rationelle ascendante aux seins des cit¨¦s qui ont fait partie de notre recherche.

Toute la probl¨¦matique repose sur le fait que la r¨¦ussite dans les cit¨¦s et par par la meme celle des creoles semble ¨ºtre mise sous silence, alors que l'¨¦chec et les maux sociaux sont beaucoup plus voyants. Il y a certainement la contribution des medias qui ont la facheuse tendance ¨¤ presenter les cit¨¦s ouvri¨¨res comme des zones o¨´ il n'y a que des probl¨¦mes et o¨´ tous les fleaux sont concentr¨¦s. Cette demarche de beaucoup de journalistes ne rel¨¨ve pas d'une volont¨¦ d'ostracisme envers les habitants de ces cit¨¦s mais beaucoup plus de leur z¨¨le ¨¤ vouloir clouer au pilori le pouvoir politique du joura€|'. (StraConsult Ltd, 2010: 55).

SUSTAINABLE CITIES

For a city to be developed, it needs four forms of development according to Hancock, namely, social development, economic development, physical development and capital development (Hancock, 2006). Development takes place only when each and every member of the society irrespective of age, sex, creed, age and ethnicity benefits from it.

Social development

Social development

Housing Mix
The aim of housing mix (a mix of housing types and tenures type) is to create a social mix (a mix of households according to their socio economic position) that will create better social opportunities for individuals. Anderson believes that social mix enhances individuals' opportunities (Anderson et al, 2005). In other words, housing mix will:

Bring in a positive socialization

Socialization process consists of the social learning experiences of life. Various agents contribute to this process. Family, school, media, work and religion among others are the socialization agents. Positive socialization is when these agents act as positive role models. For example, employed people will provide a positive role model for the youth which will increase their skills, educational attainments and labour market opportunities.

Bridge the gap between rich and poor

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