{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"geography":["Krugersdorp"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":3,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Krugersdorp","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"pari-000251","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/pari-000251","title":"‘LIVING TOGETHER, SEPARATELY IN THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA’: THE CASE OF INTEGRATED HOUSING IN MOGALE CITY AND LEHAE","publisher":{"name":"Public Affairs Research Institute","organization":"public-affairs-research-institute"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2013","source_url":"https://pari.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Living-Together-Separately-in-the-New-South-Africa.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines the allocation of RDP houses to racially diverse groups in Lehae and Chief Mogale, Gauteng. 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