Planning and Transformation: Learning from the Post-Apartheid Experience (RTPI Library Series)

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Synopsis
Planning and Transformation provides a comprehensive view of planning under political transition in South Africa, offering an accessible resource for both students and researchers in an international and a local audience. In the years after the 1994 transition to democracy in South Africa, planners believed they would be able to successfully promote a vision of integrated, equitable and sustainable cities, and counter the spatial distortions created by apartheid. This book covers the experience of the planning community, the extent to which their aims were achieved, and the hindering factors. Although some of the factors affecting planning have been context-specific, the nature of South Africa’s transition and its relationship to global dynamics have meant that many of the issues confronting planners in other parts of the world are echoed here. Issues of governance, integration, market competitiveness, sustainability, democracy and values are significant, and the particular nature of the South African experience lends new insights to thinking on these questions, exploring the possibilities of achievement in the planning field.
Copyright:
2008

Book Details

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781134238170
Related ISBNs:
9780203007983, 9780415360333, 9780415360333, 9780415360319, 9780415360319
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Philip Harrison, Alison Todes and Vanessa Watson
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Business and Finance, Education, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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