supermarkets. Adapted from: Google Maps…………………………………………………………...39 Figure 16. Map highlighting the pedestrian routes (red) between the GU and surrounding schools. Adapted from: Google maps…………………………………………………………………..41 Figure 17. Map highlighting the pedestrian routes (red) between the GU and surrounding healthcare related facilities. Adapted from: Google Maps…………………………………………..42 Figure 18. Radial diagram marking all the mapped amenities around the GU. Adapted from: Google Maps………………………………………………………………………………………………44 Figure 19. Map highlighting the pedestrian routes (red) between the GU and points of social support. Adapted from: Google Maps; (Main-Taunus-Kreis, 2015)............................................48
List of Photographs Photograph 1. A typical street in the residential part of Hofheim Am Taunus. Source: Author, 2021………………………………………………………………………………………………………...19 Photograph 2. The street in front of the GU. The entrance to the GU can be seen across the road. The public playground can be seen on the right side of the GU. Source: Author, 2021………………………………………………………………………………………………………...19 Photograph 3. The entrance gate of the GU from the street in front. Source: Author, 2021………………………………………………………………………………………………………...21 Photograph 4. The view upon entering the GU compound - Common room (grey) on the left, double storey residential blocks (red) on either side of the courtyard. Source: Author, 2021…………………………………………………………………………………………………………21 Photograph 5. The prefabricated construction uses corrugated metal panels and wood. Source: Author, 2021………………………..22 Photograph 6. The view from outside the social worker’s office - common room on the right and laundry room on the left. Source: Author, 2021………………………………………………….22 Photograph 7. A corridor on the second floor of the residential block. Source: Author, 2021…………………………………………………………………………………………………………23 Photograph 8. The passage between two residential blocks - The grey single storey blocks are mostly meant for singles and the red double storey ones for families. Source: Author, 2021…………………………………………………………………………………………………………23 Photograph 9. The agricultural fields on the rear side of the GU. Source: Author, 2021…………………………………………………………………………………………………………25 Photograph 10. A view of the GU from the side, showing the agricultural fields behind and on the sides of it. There are trees planted all around the GU along the boundary. Source: Author, 2021………………………………………………………………………………………………………...25 Photograph 11. Many families had personalised the corridor outside their door with plants and 5
