Crisis and Change in South Africa: Implications for the Apartheid City

Simon, David

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“…The unique elements of the structure and morphology of South African cities are one of the most visible and lasting legacies of the planning ideology during the apartheid era and its characteristics have been well researched and documented (e.g. Simon 1989; Van der Merwe 1993;Maylam 1995;Christopher 2001;du Toit 2007).…”

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The Evolving Spatial Structure of South African Cities: A Reflection on the Influence of Spatial Planning Policies

Plessis

Boonzaaier

2014

International Planning Studies

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The need to transform the structure and morphology of South African cities remained high on the policy agenda of all three spheres of government in South Africa since 1994. The influence of a range of spatial policies and planning instruments aimed at achieving more compact urban structures and higher densities are evaluated through the application of a range of density indicators and models. A number of defining characteristics and distinct variations of density models applicable to South African cities are identified and compared to the profile of some international cities. The results confirm modest increases in densities and changes to urban form, as envisaged by spatial policies and plans. The observed patterns and changes suggest an emerging trend of more decentralized urban structures in South Africa.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Evolving Spatial Structure of South African Cities: A Reflection on the Influence of Spatial Planning Policies

Plessis

Boonzaaier

2014

International Planning Studies

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“…Certainly, the South African urban literature of the time had a tendency to argue that apartheid had made South African cities distinctive (Davies, 1981;Beavon, 1982;Lemon, 1991;Simon, 1989;Turok, 1995). Further evidence of this intellectual isolationism is revealed by the detailed account of the development of the housing subsidy policy produced by the National Housing Forum Trust (Rust and Rubenstein, 1996).…”

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'Scan Globally; Reinvent Locally': Reflecting on the Origins of South Africa's Capital Housing Subsidy Policy

Gilbert

2002

Urban Studies

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Perhaps in an ideal world, governments would learn from the experiences of others. What has worked well or badly in one place can be repeated or avoided in another. Of course, one place is different from another so that modi cations to any policy are usually necessary. When South Africa adopted its new housing policy in 1994, there was a lot of experience around. However, despite the efforts of powerful institutions like the World Bank, it chose to ignore much of that experience. Arguably, six years later, it is about to adopt some of the advice it previously rejected. The paper considers why South Africa ignored experience elsewhere and how it managed to avoid pressure from the World Bank to accept housing policies that it felt were inappropriate to its needs. The lesson of this experience is ambiguous. It shows that governments often have their own agenda and that medium-sized, middle-income countries have considerable in uence in their negotiations with 'developmental' Washington. On the other hand, by adopting a set of macroeconomic policies which were in accord with current orthodoxy, and the reduced housing budget that this policy implied, perhaps South Africa merely showed that there are much more powerful hegemonic forces operating than the World Bank.

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“…46 Thus, control over the organization and use of African labour was loosened, as were restrictions over m ovem ent and the enforcem ent of segregation in the social spheres of life, captured by the term`petty apartheid' . 47 The verligtes also argued that there was a need for the governm ent to widen its potential support base and to increase parliamentary access beyond the section of the population classi® ed as white. 48 This reasoning was to culm inate in the setting up, in 1984, of the tricam eral parliament, in which those sections of the population classi® ed as coloured and Indian were incorporated into the central parliam ent by way of separate parliam entary houses.…”

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Race Relations and Racism in a Racially Diverse Inner City Neighbourhood: A Case Study of Hillbrow, Johannesburg

Morris¹

1999

Journal of Southern African Studies

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Journal of Southern African StudiesPublication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information:Hillbrow , a high-rise, inner city suburb in Johann esburg was one of the ® rst neighbourhoods to become racially diverse in spite of the Group Areas Act of 1950. From the late 1970s, its w hites-only policy started crumbling and by 1993 w hen the data for this study w ere collected, under 20 per cent of its populat ion was w hite. The central questions that are addressed in this paper are: how did racial propinq uity impact on race relations and interracial interaction in the neighbourhoo d in the early 1990s? Did it increase racism am ongst residents or did it lead to its diminution? Related questions are: how w ere the respective racial categories and other`races' constructed, and w hat traits w ere assigned to the various racial categories? In order to establish the extent to w hich an integrated, rather than a merely mixed neighbourhoo d emerged, this study explores the range and limits of interracial friendships and socializing. Data for the study were obtained mainly through a household survey and in-depth interviews w ith apartment-dwellers. The study found that racial propinquity had a mixed impact. Almost all respondents felt that racial barriers had declined, overt acts of racism w ere minimal, and there w as evidence of sign® cant racial tolerance, interracial contact and mutual assistance. On the other hand , many of the residents in the face-to-face interview situation voiced racist sentiments. W hite residents w ere most likely to express racist views. Another signi® cant ® nding w as that racial clustering w as a dominant trend. M ost apartment blocks w ere occupied solely or mainly by one particular racial category. The neighbour hood w as certainly racially diverse but not signi® cantly integrated.

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Crisis and Change in South Africa: Implications for the Apartheid City

Cited by 33 publications

References 31 publications

The Evolving Spatial Structure of South African Cities: A Reflection on the Influence of Spatial Planning Policies

The Evolving Spatial Structure of South African Cities: A Reflection on the Influence of Spatial Planning Policies

'Scan Globally; Reinvent Locally': Reflecting on the Origins of South Africa's Capital Housing Subsidy Policy

Race Relations and Racism in a Racially Diverse Inner City Neighbourhood: A Case Study of Hillbrow, Johannesburg

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