http://hdl.handle.net/10539/11609 2013-05-20T20:59:00Z 2013-05-20T20:59:00Z RICHARDS, Robin TAYLOR, Sue http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12376 2013-02-04T08:36:13Z 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

CHANGING LAND USE ON THE PERIPHERY; a case study of urban agriculture and food gardening in Orange Farm RICHARDS, Robin; TAYLOR, Sue This study was undertaken after funding was received under a call for short-term consultancies to investigate a range of topics related to urban spatial transformation. the call was issued by the school of Architecture and Planning of the University of witwatersrand under the nRF sARcHi initiative. this study investigates peri-urban food gardens and the role that food gardening plays in orange Farm in addressing poverty and in improving food security. the study specifi cally looks at the effects of available open space on urban agriculture and food gardening in orange Farm. It was hypothesised at the outset of the study that, being located on the peri-urban periphery of the city, orange Farm is not yet densely populated or short of land for food gardening to be excluded as a livelihood option. this abundance of open land could, therefore, become an asset in an agriculturally-based strategy to target poverty in this priority region of the city.

2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Landman, Karina Badenhorst, Willem http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12373 2013-02-01T14:28:14Z 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The impact of gated communities on spatial transformation in the Greater Johannesburg area Landman, Karina; Badenhorst, Willem Gated communities in south Africa have increased tremendously since the late 1990’s, with various types spreading across the urban landscape. they can broadly be divided into two groups, namely enclosed neighbourhood s and new security developments. Enclosed neighbourhoods refer to existing neighbourhoods that have been fenced or walled in and where access is controlled or prohibited by means of gates or booms erected across existing roads. New security developments are private developments in which the entire area is developed by a private developer. these areas/buildings are physically walled or fenced off and usually have a security gate or controlled access point, with or without a security guard. this type can include large security estates, gated townhouse clusters/complexes and gated apartment complexes. these three sub-types are predominantly residential. new security developments can, however, also include gated offi ce parks and gated mixed-use developments (Landman 2012). As a signifi cant contributor to urban spatia l transformation, there is a need to understand the current extent and impact of different types of gated communities in the greater johannesburg area and implications for urban restructuring and sustainable development. The authors were assisted by Trudi Horak with the literature review and Trisha van Rhyn with the field visits.

2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Msulwa, Rehema Turok, Ivan http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12372 2013-02-01T14:07:41Z 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Does density drive development? Msulwa, Rehema; Turok, Ivan There is growing interest among governments and researchers around the world in the contribution of cities to economic development. Several influential international organisations have argued that the spatial concentration of economic activity is necessary for faster economic growth. This paper examines whether the density of population and economic activity influences the rate of local economic growth in South Africa. Municipalities are the basic units of analysis and the time frame is 1996-2010. Contrary to expectations, no statistically significant relationship is found between density and growth across the full range of 237 local municipalities. However, searching hard for a relationship among particular kinds of municipality, some evidence does emerge. The influence of human skills on local growth is also examined and is found to be more robust than density. Several reasons are given for why the relationship between density and growth is generally weak or non-existent. Research Report

2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Cabaret, Alice http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12371 2013-02-01T13:54:48Z 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

BACK TO THE STREETS; Exploratory research on pedestrian life and walking spaces in the Greater Johannesburg area Cabaret, Alice In order to conduct an analysis of the different street types and the social profi les of pedestrians in the greater Johannesburg area, a typology based on social and urban analysis has been defi ned: this research focuses on 6 models of the different street types identifi ed in the greater Johannesburg area. Research Report

2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Bahman, Dirk Frenkel, Jason http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12369 2013-02-01T13:29:28Z 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Renegotiating Space; Arts on Main, 44 Stanley + Johannesburg Bahman, Dirk; Frenkel, Jason currently, there is a proliferation of urban, middle class, creative and alternative developments in Johannesburg that are typifi ed by 44 stanley and Arts on main. these developments are a relatively new phenomenon in the city and a critical investigation is required as to the reasons for their current popularity, as well as their impact and infl uences on the city. As ‘encoded’ texts that refl ect the identities and desires of a segment of our society (Van eeden2005:39), their analysis has the potential to shed light on the intricacies and nuances of the re-development of Johannesburg as a whole. Research Report

2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Boshoff, Brian Van Wyk, J http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12313 2013-01-28T14:01:58Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002: part panacea or ready recipe for disaster? Boshoff, Brian; Van Wyk, J Floods, earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, explosions, runaway fires, and transportation and other accidents are all occurrences with which we are familiar, if only vicariously. These events can presumably all be categorised as ‘disasters’. But can the same be said for the dumping of hazardous waste, ships running aground, farm invasions and large-scale evictions, major traffic accidents and the issue of cross-border or internal refugees? When is an event considered a ‘disaster’, who determines that an event is a ‘disaster’, who can do what to prepare for the ‘disaster‘ and what can be done to alleviate the effects of the disaster after it has happened?

2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Boshoff, Brian http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12265 2013-01-10T14:05:21Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Latter-day South African Spatial Planning And Problem Solving Boshoff, Brian The SA space economy and the striving for development has come a long way, but still faces great challenges. One of those challenges is to deal with globalisation -- a highly contested influence that has been shown by many authors to have myriad positive and negative effects and impacts. This paper has shown that globalisation has also influenced SA spatial frameworks and policies, in the context of competing, but related demands, as evidenced in GEAR and the RDP. I argue that there is a great danger of being simplistic and blinded by globalisation as a meta narrative and one should closely examine developmental goals and objectives, especially as they occur in a variety of contexts. For example, “just as Jhb’s citizens and managers must grapple with that city’s complexity, and devise creative ways of thinking about its future, and negotiating present dilemmas, so urban theorists need to move beyond globalisation and developmentalism, and embrace the ordinary, but dynamic complexity of urban life” (Robinson 2003: 278).

2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Benit Gbaffou, Claire http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12155 2012-10-29T07:52:23Z 0208-01-01T00:00:00Z

Local Councillors: scapegoats for a dysfunctional participatory democratic system? Lessons from practices of local democracy in Johannesburg. Benit Gbaffou, Claire This paper starts with the study of participation patterns in different neighbourhoods in Johannesburg, and demonstrates that institutional channels (be it representative democracy, or various participatory institutions and instruments) are currently not working in Johannesburg. Be it in low income or high-income areas, suburbs or townships, residents have to resort to other means, sidelining in particular their ward councillor, to be heard. We question the reasons for this lack of bottomup dialogue, focusing on the figure of the ward councillor as a supposedly key link between residents and local government, but however not able to play his/her role. We contest the dominant vision that the failure of participatory democracy in South Africa is the consequence of a lack of training, education or democratic culture, and we argue that both the limited power of ward councillors in Council, and the lack of incentive for fostering their accountability in front of voters, make local democracy institutions dysfunctional. More broadly, we question the lack of importance of participatory democracy in the ANC and in the government agenda, despite the political discourses claiming the contrary.

0208-01-01T00:00:00Z Benit Gbaffou, Claire http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12154 2012-10-26T14:04:39Z 2008-03-01T00:00:00Z

Community Policing and Disputed Norms for Local Social Control in Post-Apartheid Johannesburg Benit Gbaffou, Claire This article, based on field study in suburbs and townships in post-apartheid Johannesburg, argues that there are different ‘cultures’ of policing and different conceptions of local social order embedded in different local histories and contrasting socio-economic settings. The South African state is currently attempting to homogenise security practices and to ‘educate’ people in a democratic policing culture. At the same time it is also firmly setting some limits (for instance by rejecting road closures and vigilantism) to the local security experiments developed in the period following the demise of apartheid. However, its current policy, supposedly designed to ‘unify’ the policing systems under common principles, is based on the broad encouragement of community participation in the production of security, as well as on the promotion of zero-tolerance principles. These policies actually serve to exacerbate local differentiation regarding the content and practice of policing as well as the undemocratic principles rhetorically resisted by the state.

2008-03-01T00:00:00Z Benit Gbaffou, Claire http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12153 2012-10-26T12:54:06Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place of participation in South African local democracy. Editorial. Benit Gbaffou, Claire This collection of papers attempts to start bringing together these different approaches, relying on different methodologies and disciplines, in order to deepen our understanding of the interaction, at the local level, between social movements and the political system, understood as the power structures of local government, the electoral system and local party politics. In other terms, what are the relations between civic and social movements1 on the one hand, and local government structures and politics on the other hand? How does the latter shape political opportunity for social movements – and how does it set up constraints and limits to their development and action? How in return do social movements shape local government practices, and possibly policies – in other words, what is not only the nature, but more importantly the political outcome of social movements’ intervention in urban governance?

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