Are globally competitive ‘city regions’ developing in South Africa?: Formulaic aspirations or new imaginations?

Pillay, U.

doi:10.1007/s12132-004-0013-5

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“…As such, assessing the development implications of hosting the World Cup in 2010, especially at a time in which government's urban renewal strategy is (eventually) gaining momentum, becomes critical. With high urbanisation rates projected, with the six 'big' metropolitan economies currently contributing the majority of the national gross domestic product (GDP), and with service, infrastructure and income disparities widening in urban areas, initiatives aimed at stimulating economic growth and job creation need to be carefully nurtured and sustained (Pillay et al 2006;Pillay 2004). Two years ago, it appeared that the hosting of the FIFA World Cup in 2010 had the potential to do precisely this.…”

Section: Urban Developmentmentioning

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Mega-events as a Response to Poverty Reduction: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its Urban Development Implications

2008

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This paper reflects on the trajectory that urban development associated with the 2010 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup has taken in South Africa. The argument suggests that a unique moment has been lost regarding the ability of the World Cup to serve as a catalyst for urban development. This notion is supported by a digest of the international literature which takes a cautious stance in its assessment of the benefits of mega-events. Hence, this paper posits that it is unlikely that poverty alleviation, as a result of fasttracking South Africa's urban development impetus, will constitute a significant outcome of the World Cup. Rather, development benefits in cities are likely to be fairly circumscribed. Legacy, the paper argues, should therefore advance beyond an exclusively pro-poor language. In this regard, vigorous public debate is required to arrive at a national consensus of what kind of legacy the 2010 FIFA World Cup is realistically able to achieve.

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Section: Urban Developmentmentioning

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Mega-events as a Response to Poverty Reduction: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its Urban Development Implications

2008

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“…The Dinokeng project was part of a broader economic development plan developed in the early 2000s by the Gauteng Provincial Government through its agency Blue IQ and seeking to implement several new economic zones with a goal of providing the basis for holistic and sustainable programmes through spatial development (Pillay, 2004). The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site (COH WHS) and Dinokeng were sister projects, which concentrated on the development of geospatial tourism within the Gauteng Province (Gauteng Provincial Government, 2006).…”

Section: The Dinokeng Project Planningmentioning

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The Planning and Establishment Challenges of an Urban Ecotourism Destination in South Africa

Burton¹,

Rogerson²

2023

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Ecotourism is a major driver of tourism in rural, usually remote peripheral regions in several African countries including South Africa. The aim in this paper is to examine the planning and establishment challenges which surround the development of an urban ecotourism project in South Africa. The research focuses on the Dinokeng Game Reserve which is geographically located on the boundary of one of South Africa’s major metropolitan areas and situated in the country’s economic heartland. This ecotourism project offers a new niche product for urban tourism development. Using documentary sources as well as original interview material the paper analyses the key steps in the planning of this innovative urban tourism product. The study contributes to the growing tourism geography scholarship of South Africa and to the broader international literature on the role of distinctive niche products in urban tourism development in the Global South

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“…South Africa's late and idiosyncratic transition to post-colonialism is associated with both the constitutional empowerment of local government and the rise of a discourse around metropolitan governance and city-regions (Pillay 2004;Greenberg 2010).…”

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City-region governance in transitional contexts: the case of the BRICS

Harrison

2019

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The bulk of the scholarly literature on city-regions and their governance is drawn from contexts where economic and political systems have been stable over an extended period. However, many parts of the world, including all countries in the BRICS, have experienced far-reaching national transformations in the recent past in economic and/or political systems. The national transitions are complex, with a mix of continuity and rupture, while their translation into the scale of the city-region is often indirect. But, these transitions have been significant for the city-region, providing a period of opportunity and institutional fluidity. Studies of the BRICS show that outcomes of transitions are varied but that there are junctures of productive comparison including the ways in which the nature of the transitions create new path dependencies, and way in which interests across territorial scales soon consolidate, producing new rigidities in city-region governance.

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Are globally competitive ‘city regions’ developing in South Africa?: Formulaic aspirations or new imaginations?

Cited by 13 publications

References 7 publications

Mega-events as a Response to Poverty Reduction: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its Urban Development Implications

Mega-events as a Response to Poverty Reduction: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its Urban Development Implications

The Planning and Establishment Challenges of an Urban Ecotourism Destination in South Africa

City-region governance in transitional contexts: the case of the BRICS

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