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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 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Living the urban periphery : infrastructure, everyday life and economic change in African city-regions / / Paula Meth, Sarah Charlton, Tom Goodfellow and Alison Todes ; with Divine Asafo [and 7 others]
| Living the urban periphery : infrastructure, everyday life and economic change in African city-regions / / Paula Meth, Sarah Charlton, Tom Goodfellow and Alison Todes ; with Divine Asafo [and 7 others] |
| Autore | Meth Paula |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester University Press, 2024 |
| Soggetto topico |
Suburban life - Ethiopia
Suburban life - South Africa Urbanization - Ethiopia Urbanization - South Africa Regional planning - Ethiopia Regional planning - South Africa |
| ISBN |
9781526171207
1526171201 9781526171221 1526171228 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910896555703321 |
Meth Paula
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| Manchester University Press, 2024 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading the post-apartheid city : Durbanite and Capetonian literary topographies in selected texts beyond 2000 / / Olivier Moreillon
| Reading the post-apartheid city : Durbanite and Capetonian literary topographies in selected texts beyond 2000 / / Olivier Moreillon |
| Autore | Moreillon Olivier |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin/Germany, : Logos Verlag Berlin, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 823.9209968 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns in literature
Urbanization - South Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Südafrika
Postapartheid Literatur Postkoloniale Literatur Raumtheorie Identität |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910418318903321 |
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Moreillon Olivier
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| Berlin/Germany, : Logos Verlag Berlin, 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban informality in South Africa and Zimbabwe : on growth, trajectory and aftermath / / Inocent Moyo, Trynos Gumbo
| Urban informality in South Africa and Zimbabwe : on growth, trajectory and aftermath / / Inocent Moyo, Trynos Gumbo |
| Autore | Moyo Inocent |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XX, 168 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 307.760968 |
| Collana | The Urban book series |
| Soggetto topico |
Urbanization - South Africa
Urbanization - Zimbabwe |
| ISBN | 3-030-65485-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction on the urban economic informality context -- Part 1: History of urban informality and urban planning debates -- Historicising urban informality -- Modernity, urban planning and informality -- Part 2: Urban informality experiences from selected South African and Zimbabwean cities -- International migrants and the informal economy in Southern African cities -- Compositional formality-informality interfaces in Harare city -- Rising informality and role in shaping economies in Johannesburg city -- The spatial configuration and reconfiguration in Bulawayo city: Regarding the impact of politico-economic ideologies. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483788503321 |
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Moyo Inocent
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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