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Providing an in-depth exploration of the complexities of
densification policy and processes, this book brings the important
experiences of densification in Johannesburg into conversation with
a range of cities in Africa, the BRICS countries and the Global
North. It moves beyond the divisive debate over whether
densification is good or bad, adding nuance and complexity to the
calls from multilateral organisations for densification as a key
urban strategy. Â Using empirical work in a comparative
frame, Densifying the City? examines how densification policies and
processes have manifested often in unanticipated or contrary ways.
It offers important insights into resident-led densification and
the processes and motivations that drive these activities. This
will be an invigorating read for urban studies and urban planning
scholars looking to move beyond a basic understanding of densifying
cities to understanding the strategy behind it and its successes.
Urban policy makers will also appreciate the use of key case
studies throughout the book.
Originally published in 1986. This book focusses on a critical
analysis of regional development strategy in South Africa, and
shifts over time in that strategy. Regional development theory and
thinking about settlement policy have developed largely
independently of each other. This book clarifies some of the
resulting confusion and points towards a greater integration of the
two areas of understanding. The book provides an overview of shifts
which occurred in national and regional development theory and the
broader social, economic and political factors which influenced
these shifts. It identifies the major policy implications of the
various development approaches, with particular emphasis placed on
the role of settlement policy. The differences between policy
approaches and the debates surrounding them are identified and
discussed.
Originally published in 1986. This book focusses on a critical
analysis of regional development strategy in South Africa, and
shifts over time in that strategy. Regional development theory and
thinking about settlement policy have developed largely
independently of each other. This book clarifies some of the
resulting confusion and points towards a greater integration of the
two areas of understanding. The book provides an overview of shifts
which occurred in national and regional development theory and the
broader social, economic and political factors which influenced
these shifts. It identifies the major policy implications of the
various development approaches, with particular emphasis placed on
the role of settlement policy. The differences between policy
approaches and the debates surrounding them are identified and
discussed.
In the years after the 1994 transition to democracy in South
Africa, planners were convinced that they would be able to
successfully promote a vision of integrated, equitable and
sustainable cities, and counter the spatial distortions created by
apartheid. This book explores the experience of planning in South
Africa during the ten years from 1994, with the aim of contributing
to key international debates in planning theory. The authors argue
that, because of the highly fluid nature of South African society
during these last ten years, this country provides a useful
'laboratory' in which to explore the possibilities of achievement
in the planning field. Thus while many of the factors which have
affected planning have been context-specific, the nature of South
Africa's transition and its relationship to global dynamics have
meant that many of the issues which confront planners in other
parts of the world are echoed here as well. Issues of governance,
integration, market competitiveness, sustainability, democracy and
values are as significant here as they are elsewhere, and the
particular nature of the South African experience lends new
insights to thinking on these questions.
The book is subdivided into sections which reflect the main themes
in international planning debates. After Part A, which sets the
scene in terms of the overall objectives of the book and the
changing nature of planning under apartheid and in the
post-apartheid era, the sections deal with:
Planning and governance, including planning at the local, regional,
national and transnational scales;
Discourses of planning, including those of spatial frameworks,
integration and transformation, planning'srelationship to the
market, and discourses related to environment and
sustainability;
Planning and society, including professionalism, education,
planning values, its response to diversity and informality, and to
the big social issues of AIDS, poverty and crime
A concluding section considers the power of planning in the South
African context and the limits to its power.
In the years after the 1994 transition to democracy in South
Africa, planners were convinced that they would be able to
successfully promote a vision of integrated, equitable and
sustainable cities, and counter the spatial distortions created by
apartheid. This book explores the experience of planning in South
Africa during the ten years from 1994, with the aim of contributing
to key international debates in planning theory. The authors argue
that, because of the highly fluid nature of South African society
during these last ten years, this country provides a useful
'laboratory' in which to explore the possibilities of achievement
in the planning field. Thus while many of the factors which have
affected planning have been context-specific, the nature of South
Africa's transition and its relationship to global dynamics have
meant that many of the issues which confront planners in other
parts of the world are echoed here as well. Issues of governance,
integration, market competitiveness, sustainability, democracy and
values are as significant here as they are elsewhere, and the
particular nature of the South African experience lends new
insights to thinking on these questions.
The book is subdivided into sections which reflect the main themes
in international planning debates. After Part A, which sets the
scene in terms of the overall objectives of the book and the
changing nature of planning under apartheid and in the
post-apartheid era, the sections deal with:
Planning and governance, including planning at the local, regional,
national and transnational scales;
Discourses of planning, including those of spatial frameworks,
integration and transformation, planning'srelationship to the
market, and discourses related to environment and
sustainability;
Planning and society, including professionalism, education,
planning values, its response to diversity and informality, and to
the big social issues of AIDS, poverty and crime
A concluding section considers the power of planning in the South
African context and the limits to its power.
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