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Changing space, changing city : Johannesburg after apartheid / / edited by Philip Harrison [and three others] [[electronic resource]]
| Changing space, changing city : Johannesburg after apartheid / / edited by Philip Harrison [and three others] [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 590 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 307.760968221 |
| Soggetto topico |
City planning - South Africa - Johannesburg
Urban policy - South Africa - Johannesburg Sociology, Urban - South Africa - Johannesburg |
| ISBN | 1-86814-766-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Materialities, subjectivities and spatial transformation in Johannesburg -- Section A. The macro trends. 2. The \2018thin oil of urbanisation\2019? : Spatial change in Johannesburg and the Gauteng city-region -- 3. Poverty and inequality in the Gauteng city-region -- 4. The impact of policy and strategic spatial planning -- 5. Tracking changes in the urban built environment : An emerging perspective from the City of Johannesburg -- 6. Johannesburg\2019s urban space economy -- 7. Changes in the natural landscape -- 8. Informal settlements -- 9. Public housing in Johannesburg -- 10. Transport in the shaping of space -- 11. Gated communities and spatial transformation in Greater Johannesburg -- Section B. Area-based transformations. 12. Between fixity and flux: Grappling with transience and permanence in the inner city -- 13. Are Johannesburg\2019s peri-central neighbourhoods irremediably \2018fluid\2019? : Local leadership and community building in Yeoville and Bertrams -- 14. The wrong side of the mining belt? Spatial transformations and identities in Johannesburg\2019s southern suburbs -- 15. Soweto.: A study in socio-spatial differentiation -- 16. Kliptown: Resilience and despair in the face of a hundred years of planning -- 17. Alexandra -- 18. Sandton Central, 1969\20132013. From open veld to new CBD? -- 19. In the forest of transformation.: Johannesburg\2019s northern suburbs -- 20. The north-western edge -- 21. The 2010 World Cup and its legacy in the Ellis Park Precinct : Perceptions of local residents -- 22. Transformation through transportation: Some early impacts of Bus Rapid Transit in Orlando, Soweto -- Section C: Spatial identities. 23. Footprints of Islam in Johannesburg -- 24. Being an immigrant and facing uncertainty in Johannesburg : The case of Somalis -- 25. On \2018spaces of hope\2019: Exploring Hillbrow\2019s discursive credoscapes -- 26. The Central Methodist Church -- 27. The Ethiopian Quarter -- 28. Urban collage : Yeoville -- 29. Phantoms of the past, spectres of the present : Chinese space in Johannesburg -- 30. The notice -- 31. Inner-city street traders : Legality and spatial practice -- 32. Waste pickers/informal recyclers -- 33. The fear of others : Responses to crime and urban transformation in Johannesburg -- 34. Black urban, black research : Why understanding space and identity in South Africa still Matters. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910310645303321 |
| Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Confronting fragmentation : housing and urban development in a democratising society / / editors, Philip Harrison, Marie Huchzermeyer, Mzwanele Mayekiso ; Stuart Sholto-Douglas, copy editor
| Confronting fragmentation : housing and urban development in a democratising society / / editors, Philip Harrison, Marie Huchzermeyer, Mzwanele Mayekiso ; Stuart Sholto-Douglas, copy editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | South Africa : , : University of Cape Town Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.50968 |
| Soggetto topico |
Community development, Urban - South Africa
Housing policy - South Africa Housing - South Africa City planning - South Africa Urbanization - South Africa |
| ISBN | 1-920516-55-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Title page; Imprint page; Table of contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction: Confronting Fragementation; The challenge of urban fragmentation in a democratising society; Themes and structure of the book; Part A: The Challenge of Urban Fragmentation; Chapter 1: Fragmentation and Globalisation as the New Meta-Narrative; Globalisation: The new meta-narrative; Urban fragmentation; Responses to fragmentation; Partnerships; Networks and social capital; Policy coherence; Spatial integration and the compact city approach
Integration through communicative rationality Integration from below; In the final event, does fragmentation really matter?; References; Chapter 2: Urban Fragmentation, Inequality and Social Justice: Ethical Perspectives; Introduction; The apartheid city and beyond; Inequality in the United States city; The multicultural city; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3: The Degeneration of Urban Policy after Apartheid; Introduction; The Local Government White Paper; The Housing White Paper; The Urban Development Strategy; Conclusion: Towards cities of solidarity; References Chapter 4: South Africa's Enduring Urban Crisis: The Local State and the Urban Social Movement with Particular Reference to Johannesburg Introduction; The civic movement in crisis; Social movements and the new economic regime; Democracy deferred and bureaucratising the civics; Uneven development within the post-apartheid city; The development dilemma within the civic movement, and between the civic movement and local government; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: HIV/Aids and Urban Disintegration in Johannesburg; Introduction; Demographic projections for Johannesburg in the light of HIV/Aids Economic trends Economic and urban strategies and worsening poverty; Urban disintegration; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Social Justice, Social Integration and the Compact City: Lessons from the Inner City of Johannesburg; Introduction; Social justice in the compact city; Integrative trends in South African cities; Racial integration and racial tipping in the inner city of Johannesburg; Racial tension: Landlords versus tenants; Integration of income groups; Urban regeneration and housing affordability; Appropriate scale; Opportunities for the marginalised; Rural-urban and foreign migrants Conclusion References; Part B: Urban Planning Responses; Chapter 7: Housing, Integrated Urban Development and the Compact City Debate; Introduction: The compact city debate in South Africa; Urban compaction: A socially desirable alternative?; The feasibility of urban compaction: A Durban case study; Conclusion: Is urban compaction still important?; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8: Unraveling the Different Meanings of Integration: The Urban Development Framework of the South African Government; Introduction; Central features of the Urban Development Framework Four connotations of integration in the Urban Development Framework |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829592003321 |
| South Africa : , : University of Cape Town Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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