LEADER 05286oam 2200793I 450 001 9910778484703321 005 20230207230457.0 010 $a1-136-54950-1 010 $a1-4175-2238-0 010 $a600-00-0258-0 010 $a9786610475797 010 $a1-136-54951-X 010 $a1-280-47579-X 010 $a1-84977-365-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849773652 035 $a(CKB)1000000000793990 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23065555 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000265196 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195048 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265196 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10295199 035 $a(PQKB)11432405 035 $a(OCoLC)647502052 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC429954 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL429954 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10128925 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47579 035 $a(OCoLC)466434225 035 $a(OCoLC)191935583 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000793990 100 $a20180706d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUniting a divided city $egovernance and social exclusion in Johannesburg /$fJo Beall, Owen Crankshaw, Susan Parnell 210 1$aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. :$cEarthscan Publications,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (272 p. )$cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-85383-921-3 311 $a1-85383-916-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [214]-229) and index. 327 $aPart 1: Ways of Understanding Divided Cities - Introduction to a Divided City * Reverberations from a Divided City * Part 2: The Changing Spatial Structure of the City - Beyond Racial Fordism: Changing Patterns of Social Inequality * Post-Fordist Polarization: The Changing Spatial Order of the City * Part 3: Institutional Responses to Urban Change - Decentralization by Stealth: Democratization or Disempowerment through Developmental Local Government? * the Politics of Fiscal Austerity in Creating Equitable City Government * Part 4: Living in a Divided City - the Inner-city Challenge: Locating Partners for Urban Regeneration * Participatory Planning and Informal Settlement Upgrading in Diepsloot * Housing and Service Consumption in Soweto * the People Behind the Walls: Insecurity, Identity and gated Communities * Conclusion: Lessons from a Uniting City * Notes * References * Index 330 $aDecision-makers in cities worldwide have attempted to balance harsh fiscal and administrative realities with growing demands for political, economic and social justice. This text looks at approaches to urban economic development in Johannesburg. 330 $bFor many, Johannesburg resembles the imagined spectre of the urban future. Global anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion, social fracture, environmental degradation, escalating crime and violence, and rampant consumerism alongside grinding poverty, are projected onto this city as a microcosm of things to come. Decision-makers in cities worldwide have attempted to balance harsh fiscal and administrative realities with growing demands for political, economic and social justice. This book investigates pragmatic approaches to urban economic development, service delivery, spatial restructuring, environmental sustainability and institutional reform in Johannesburg. It explores the conditions and processes that are determining the city's transformation into a cosmopolitan metropole and magnet for the continent. For many, Johannesburg resembles the imagined spectre of the urban future. Global anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion, social fracture, environmental degradation, escalating crime and violence, and rampant consumerism alongside grinding poverty, are projected onto this city as a microcosm of things to come. Decision-makers in cities worldwide have attempted to balance harsh fiscal and administrative realities with growing demands for political, economic and social justice. This book investigates pragmatic approaches to urban economic development, service delivery, spatial restructuring, environmental sustainability and institutional reform in Johannesburg. It explores the conditions and processes that are determining the city's transformation into a cosmopolitan metropole and magnet for the continent. 606 $aSocial change$zSouth Africa$zJohannesburg 606 $aUrban renewal$zSouth Africa$zJohannesburg 606 $aCommunity development$zSouth Africa$zJohannesburg 606 $aMunicipal services$zSouth Africa$zJohannesburg 606 $aMarginality, Social$zSouth Africa$zJohannesburg 607 $aJohannesburg (South Africa)$xSocial conditions 607 $aJohannesburg (South Africa)$xPolitics and government 615 0$aSocial change 615 0$aUrban renewal 615 0$aCommunity development 615 0$aMunicipal services 615 0$aMarginality, Social 676 $a306/.096822/1 700 $aBeall$b Jo$f1952-$0329162 701 $aCrankshaw$b Owen$0697091 701 $aParnell$b Sue$01579585 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778484703321 996 $aUniting a divided city$93859781 997 $aUNINA