A Critical Reflection on Urban Spatial Planning Practices and Outcomes in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Plessis, D. J. du

doi:10.1007/s12132-013-9201-5

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“…Khayelitsha – ironically meaning ‘new home’ in isiXhosa – was artificially established in 1983 under the directive of the former apartheid government of South Africa. The apartheid government aimed to strictly control urbanisation of the majority non-white population through regulating and restricting land ownership (Cole, 2013; Du Plessis, 2014). Using the Group Areas Act of 1950, the government prescribed the racial composition of geographic areas, thereby enforcing the racial segregation of South African cities (Dugard, 1980).…”

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The vagaries of variables: Towards a standardised approach for variable selection in spatial crime research

Groeneveld

Breetzke

2022

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Studies using the social disorganisation theory as a framework to explain crime are commonplace globally. There are numerous inconsistencies however in the operationalisation of the theory with researchers using a plethora of different variables to represent the central tenets of the theory namely socio-economic deprivation, family disruption, residential mobility and ethnic heterogeneity. These inconsistencies bring into question the validity and reliability of the results especially when the selection of variables varies so considerably across local and international contexts. In this study we show how the use of different variables to operationalise these tenets can produce vastly different results when examining the causes of crime in the township of Khayelitsha in South Africa. We conclude by arguing for the potential standardisation of variable selection in spatial crime research using the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) global indicators as a guiding framework. We believe this is particularly pertinent if researchers are interested in undertaking cross-national comparative studies of crime.

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The vagaries of variables: Towards a standardised approach for variable selection in spatial crime research

Groeneveld

Breetzke

2022

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“…For example, governments in developing countries control the use of slums to build the city's image by going through the process of eviction, cleaning, moving, or reoccupying slum areas in new locations or environments [9]. However, with a narrow conceptualization, these informal or slum settlements are practically marginalized in the policy, which ignores the social and economic elements of the people who live in it [20]. It is as if the governance actors are not paying attention to the effects of these policies.…”

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Project-induced displacement: Rethinking the impact of spatial planning and disaster mitigation policies in Tambakrejo, Semarang City

Ayuni

Tsana

Priyandianto

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Development in accordance with disaster mitigation policies in urban areas sometimes involves relocation and forced eviction of people living in informal settlements. Semarang City has the same experience. In 2019 the normalization project of the Banjir Kanal Timur river as a government effort to control flooding had displaced the local communities in Tambakrejo. This paper aims to criticize the implementation of flood disaster mitigation projects that impact poor households and assess their livelihood assets after displacement. Utilizing spatial data and primary data collection using the purposive sampling method were carried out during the fieldwork. The findings highlight that, irrespective of potential opportunities to avoid local communities from flood risk and safer place to live, on the other hand, local communities experience impacts on their livelihood assets and unclear compensation for their assets. This phenomenon proves that there are still many challenges to creating safe, comfortable, and sustainable urban development mandated in Law No. 26 of 2007. In the name of national projects, this action has taken away the “right to the city”, has increased marginalized urban communities, and the emergence of urban social issues such as the affected communities’ dissatisfaction with local government authorities

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“…Land-use changes and spatial transformation have been well researched in European, Indian, and Chinese cities and towns [1]. However, in South Africa, research concentrated on metropolitan areas [10,13,14], while similar studies in small towns and densely populated settlements in former homeland areas are still limited.…”

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The Transformation of Compact Rural Human Settlements in South Africa - The Case of Elim in Limpopo

Ntlhe¹

2022

IJSDP

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Land-use change entails changes in existing land use usually guided by spatial planning laws and the pollical influence of the state. The paper examined the impact of spatial strategies, laws, and policies on land-use change in Elim. A qualitative case study method was used to achieve the study’s purpose. Historical review of laws and satellite images of Elim in 1964, 1985, 1993, 2002, 2014, and 2020 were used to identify the impact of the rules and the extent of the land-use changes from 1964 to 2020. The study revealed that apartheid laws for creating exclusive homelands and townships for blacks significantly impacted Elim’s spatial pattern. The statutes produced displaced urbanization in homelands represented by large townships, betterment policy modernized traditional villages into compact villages with modernist characteristics, and Integrated Development Planning managed to integrate urban and rural areas to transform Elim into a mixed-use neighborhood. The analysis demonstrated that integrated and spatial development plans could guide development without zoning in rural areas, particularly in communal areas, to promote integration and create mixed-use neighborhoods. Modernist planning adopted a top-down approach, while the integrated development strategy embraces a bottom-up approach. The study will assist planners and lawmakers improve the spatial planning process.

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A Critical Reflection on Urban Spatial Planning Practices and Outcomes in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Cited by 37 publications

References 25 publications

The vagaries of variables: Towards a standardised approach for variable selection in spatial crime research

The vagaries of variables: Towards a standardised approach for variable selection in spatial crime research

Project-induced displacement: Rethinking the impact of spatial planning and disaster mitigation policies in Tambakrejo, Semarang City

The Transformation of Compact Rural Human Settlements in South Africa - The Case of Elim in Limpopo

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