South African Urban Change Three Decades After Apartheid

Author : Anthony Lemon,Ronnie Donaldson,Gustav Visser
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030730734

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South African Urban Change Three Decades After Apartheid by Anthony Lemon,Ronnie Donaldson,Gustav Visser Pdf

This book provides an analysis of South African urban change over the past three decades. It draws on a seminal text, Homes Apart, and revisits conclusions drawn in that collection that marked the final phases of urban apartheid. It highlights changes in demography, social as well as economic structure and their differential spatial expression across a range of urban sites in South Africa. The evidence presented in this book points to a very complex set of narratives in urban South Africa and one that cannot be reduced to a singular statement so the conclusions of the various investigations are in many ways open. As urban apartheid represented one clear outcome, its post-apartheid urban legacies varies greatly from city to city. As such this book is a great resource to students and academics focused on urban change in South African cities since the demise of apartheid, and scholars of urban policy-making in South Africa and Southern urbanists generally.

Author : Margot Rubin,Sarah Charlton,Neil Klug
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031374081

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Housing in African Cities by Margot Rubin,Sarah Charlton,Neil Klug Pdf

This edited collection from across the African continent offers a diverse set of analytical accounts that engage with the urban governance dynamics, drivers and impacts of a wide variety of housing initiatives. These include insights into the relationships between parties and actors undertaking developments, or whose housing activities impact on the city. The book illustrates issues of power distribution, the visions or agendas motivating these actions, and the instruments used to advance them. It considers the rise of mega housing projects; private sector driven residential developments; unobtrusive transformations of existing building stock, establishment and upgrading of informal settlements; and state driven low cost housing schemes. It surfaces the contestation, collaborations and conflicts as well as the power relations that operate within cities and which are made visible on cityscapes. Housing and human settlement scholars as well as those interested in urban politics and governance dynamics in the global south and across the African continent will find much to appreciate in this volume.

Author : Francesco Alberti
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031477942

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Resilient Planning and Design for Sustainable Cities by Francesco Alberti Pdf

Author : Ronnie Donaldson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031371424

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Socio-Spatial Small Town Dynamics in South Africa by Ronnie Donaldson Pdf

This book explores small town geographical aspects by approaching them from a socio-spatial perspective. The contributions included in this book delve into a range of topics that have not been commonly studied before, such as white privilege, neglect of municipal infrastructure, collaborative governance, livelihoods in small-scale fisheries, housing provision, well-being in mining towns, studentification in rural contexts, election trends, and the historical development of small-town spas. The book adopts a socio-spatial point of view, providing a holistic understanding of the interplay between social and spatial factors within selected small town case studies. This approach sheds light on the socio-economic, political, and cultural dynamics that shape small towns. This localized perspective allows for a more targeted analysis of issues and potential solutions, taking into account the specific historical, cultural, and political contexts of small town South Africa. The edited volume serves as a valuable resource for academics, policymakers, practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding and improving small towns in South Africa.

Author : Anthony Lemon
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0253333210

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Homes Apart by Anthony Lemon Pdf

Well written and with an extensive bibliography and maps of the urban areas, the volume is an essential source for understanding South Africa's urban future as well as for documenting the legacy of apartheid on South African urbanization. --Choice... an illuminating look at one of the twentieth century's most ignominious failures in social engineering. --Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryThis book examines the legacy of apartheid in nine of South Africa's major cities (including Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, and Pretoria), the factors that have influenced their distinctive development, and the possible direction and patterns of urban change in a post-apartheid society.

Author : Amira Osman,John Nagle,Sabyasachi Tripathi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783031273087

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The Urban Ecologies of Divided Cities by Amira Osman,John Nagle,Sabyasachi Tripathi Pdf

The book discusses how division affect the fabric of cities, and people’s sense of identity and agency, and are reflected in physical features, architecture, and urban planning. The question of divided cities represents a complex and multistranded urban Ecology—at once both social and spatial; it cannot be limited to a single science or discipline, such as social or spatial fields. This suggests integrated and cross- disciplinary understandings, as well as integrated or parallel approaches and solutions. Urban ecologies of division manifest in multiple forms. One of their most palpable expressions is conflict, with parallels around the world, and often with correlations in the spatial fabric. Violence in such contexts is often a surface expression of deeper socio-economic or ideological differences. Whether as a result of intervention by authority or by dissent between groups, a divided city inevitably becomes a place of conflict in various forms and intensity, eroding the joy of living and sense of collective belonging to the detriment of all. In effect, it erodes the collective advantage of being part of a more unified society. A city exists in collections of social structures which mutually form a society. A divided city implies divided social structures and, in consequence, a divided society. The papers compiled in this book present many case studies of divided cities, discussing the different causes of divisions and their effects on societies. Some of the causes can be linked to conflicts, wars, colonialism, or legislative political systems. In response to the serious challenges resulting from these divisions, the book aims to provide opportunities for new approaches and possibilities for new interventions and solutions, making it significant to urban planners, architects, and policymakers.

Author : Yousuf Al-Bulushi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031424335

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Ruptures in the Afterlife of the Apartheid City by Yousuf Al-Bulushi Pdf

Author : Stanley D. Brunn
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031580376

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Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks, Volume 4 by Stanley D. Brunn Pdf

Author : Verna Nel,Stuart Denoon-Stevens
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000983715

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Land-Use Management to Support Sustainable Settlements in South Africa by Verna Nel,Stuart Denoon-Stevens Pdf

This book provides a theoretical and practical foundation needed to change the practice of land use management in Southern Africa. It presents an overview of alternative land use management system for South African municipalities that is economically, socially and environmentally more sustainable than many of the land use schemes in effect at present. Land use management is a component of spatial governance that controls the nature and extent of development to prevent harmful impacts on people and the environment. As the current system with its colonial/modernist planning and regulatory mechanisms were never designed to deal with rapid change, urbanisation and informality, a different form of land development and land use management is necessary. This timely book reflects the culmination of many years of practical experience and research into various aspects of land use management by the authors and studies undertaken by their master’s and doctoral students. The book goes beyond an analysis of the problems and suggests concrete proposals that can be applied throughout Southern Africa based on a rural to urban transect. This book is directed to a broad range of readers interested in spatial planning and land use management. It will be of interest to those in the fields of geography, urban studies, urban design, planning and architecture.

Author : Owen Crankshaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786998934

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Urban Inequality by Owen Crankshaw Pdf

Based on new evidence that challenges existing theories of urban inequality, Crankshaw argues that the changing pattern of earnings and occupational inequality in Johannesburg is better described by the professionalism of employment alongside high-levels of chronic unemployment. Central to this examination is that the social polarisation hypothesis, which is accepted by many, is simply wrong in the case of Johannesburg. Ultimately, Crankshaw posits that the post-Fordist, post-apartheid period is characterised by a completely new division of labour that has caused new forms of racial inequality. That racial inequality in the post-apartheid period is not the result of the persistence of apartheid-era causes, but is the result of new causes that have interacted with the historical effects of apartheid to produce new patterns of racial inequality.

Author : Kuukuwa Manful,Emmanuel Ofori-Sarpong,Julia Gallagher
Publisher : iwalewa books
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783947902286

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Building African Futures by Kuukuwa Manful,Emmanuel Ofori-Sarpong,Julia Gallagher Pdf

How do young African professionals imagine a future for the continent’s cities? Building African Futures presents ten essays by young architects, urban planners and activists that offer innovative solutions to big challenges, including housing shortages, informality, legal roadblocks and misunderstandings between architects, policy-makers and local people. Their ideas are grounded yet transformative. They reflect the authors’ direct experiences across a range of African cities, but the issues they speak to resonate across the continent. This collection is a rich resource for urban activists, built environment professionals, local governments and a general audience with an interest in African urbanism. The manifestoes were presented in September 2022 during a symposium in Accra titled “Reimagining African Futures through Transformative Urbanism and Architecture”, organised by the African State Architecture (ASA) project, SOAS, University of London; the African Futures Institute (AFI) and the Institute for African Studies (IAS), University of Ghana. Edited by Kuukuwa Manful, Emmanuel Ofori-Sarpong, Julia Gallagher Contributors: Fiona Nyadero, Bamusi Abdullah Nankumba, Korkor Agah, Mandisa Lusanda Shandu, Maxmillian Julius Chuhila, Ngonga Kapalu, Olufèmi Hinson Yovo, Enitan Oloto, Tolulope Ajobiewe, Chan Simon. Book Design: Annertey (David Abbey-Thompson), Accra; Copyediting: The editors and iwalewabooks; Proofreading: The editors and iwalewabooks; Printer: Colour Connection GmbH, Frankfurt a.M; Typeset: Raleway, Roboto; ISBN: 978-3-947902-28-6

Author : David M. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134902965

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The Apartheid City and Beyond by David M. Smith Pdf

Apartheid as legislated racial separation substantially changed the South African urban scene. Race group areas' remodelled the cities, while the creation of homelands', mini-states and the pass laws' controlling population migration constrained urbanization itself. In the mid-1980s the old system - having proved economically inefficient and politically divisive - was replaced by a new policy of orderly urbanization'. This sought to accelerate industrialization and cultural change by relaxing the constraints on urbanization imposed by state planning. The result was further political instability and a quarter of the black (or African) population housed in shanty towns. Negotiations between the Nationalist government and the African National Congress are working towards the end of the old apartheid system. Yet the negation of apartheid is only the beginning of the creation of a new society. The vested interests and entrenched ideologies behind the existing pattern of property ownership survive the abolition of apartheid laws. Beyond race, class and ethnicity will continue to divide urban life. If the cities of South Africa are to serve all the people, the accelerating process of urbanization must be brought under control and harnessed to a new purpose. The contributors to this volume draw on a broad range of experience and disciplines to present a variety of perspectives on urban South Africa.

Author : Graeme Wynn,Jane Carruthers,Nancy J. Jacobs
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821447772

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Environment, Power, and Justice by Graeme Wynn,Jane Carruthers,Nancy J. Jacobs Pdf

Spanning the colonial, postcolonial, and postapartheid eras, these historical and locally specific case studies analyze and engage vernacular, activist, and scholarly efforts to mitigate social-environmental inequity. This book highlights the ways poor and vulnerable people in South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe have mobilized against the structural and political forces that deny them a healthy and sustainable environment. Spanning the colonial, postcolonial, and postapartheid eras, these studies engage vernacular, activist, and scholarly efforts to mitigate social-environmental inequity. Some chapters track the genealogies of contemporary activism, while others introduce positions, actors, and thinkers not previously identified with environmental justice. Addressing health, economic opportunity, agricultural policy, and food security, the chapters in this book explore a range of issues and ways of thinking about harm to people and their ecologies. Because environmental justice is often understood as a contemporary phenomenon framed around North American examples, these fresh case studies will enrich both southern African history and global environmental studies. Environment, Power, and Justice expands conceptions of environmental justice and reveals discourses and dynamics that advance both scholarship and social change. Contributors: Christopher Conz Marc Epprecht Mary Galvin Sarah Ives Admire Mseba Muchaparara Musemwa Matthew A. Schnurr Cherryl Walker

Author : Christoph Haferburg,Marie Huchzermeyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 3443370152

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Urban Governance in Post-Apartheid Cities by Christoph Haferburg,Marie Huchzermeyer Pdf

Urban governance as a term captures the complex interaction between stakeholders or groupings which influence urban development. In South Africa, this complexity emerged with the transition from apartheid more than two decades ago. Today, governance influences priorities in a wide range of urban domains, from public transport to policing; from engagements at the neighbourhood level to city-wide strategies. In different configurations, urban governance shapes inner city districts and gated estates on the urban periphery. The contributors to this volume cover urban governance in contemporary South Africa across three spheres, the state, the community and the private sector, through a variety of lenses. Spatial concerns are central to many of the analyses and case studies, in which the authors highlight different modes that influence the steering of South Africa's largest cities. The range of insights provided by the authors illuminates post-apartheid tensions and urban dynamics in a way that will be of value to scholars, practitioners, decision-makers, politicians and activists alike. This is the most important work yet on cities in post-apartheid South Africa. It does not reduce them to technical problems and their residents to recipients of "service delivery". Rather, it sees cities as what they are - political spaces in which some fight for inclusion while others work to exclude them. Its chapters produce detailed accounts of the alliances and conflicts which are generated daily in our cities - they are essential reading for an understanding of urban South Africa today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004326736

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South Africa after Apartheid by Anonim Pdf

As South Africa has entered the third decade after the end of apartheid, this book aims at taking stock of the post-apartheid dynamics in the crucial fields of APRM-relevant politics, social development, land and regional relations.