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9781868147656

Changing Space, Changing City Johannesburg after Apartheid

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    9781868147656

  • ISBN10:

    1868147657

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2015-03-01
  • Publisher: Wits University Press
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Summary

As the dynamo of South Africa’s economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation’s imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South. This richly illustrated study offers detailed empirical analyses of changes in the city’s physical space, as well as a host of chapters on the character of specific neighborhoods and the social identities being forged within them. Informing all of these is a consideration of underlying economic, social, and political processes shaping the wider Gauteng region. A mix of respected academics, practicing urban planners, and experienced policymakers offers compelling overviews of the rapid and complex spatial developments that have taken place in Johannesburg since the end of apartheid, along with tantalizing glimpses into life on the streets and behind the high walls of this diverse city. The book has three sections. Section A provides an overview of macro spatial trends and the policies that have influenced them. Section B explores the shaping of the city at district and suburban level, revealing the peculiarity of processes in different areas. This analysis elucidates the larger trends, while identifying shifts that are not easily detected at the macro level. Section C is an assembly of chapters and short vignettes that focus on the interweaving of place and identity at a micro level.

Author Biography

Philip Harrison is the South African Research Chair in Development Planning and Modelling at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Graeme Gotz is the director of research at the Gauteng City-Region Observatory, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Alison Todes is a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Chris Wray is a senior systems analyst at the Gauteng City-Region Observatory, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

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