Streets for exchange a restructuring of the inner city: Johannesburg
Date
1993
Authors
English, Larry
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Johannesburg's inner-city is in crisis. Physically; the city is deteriorating. Daily, the
media reports of increased crime figures, and yet another corporation moving to
suburbia. Institutions which remain in the city intensify their security and offer
internalised canteens, gymnasiums and parking to their staff so that they need not
venture out onto the streets. It is therefore doubtful that institutions which remain do so
out of love for the city; rather, it would appear that these decisions are motivated for
reasons of retaining their property investments.
In reaction. city politicians (who live in suburbia) have embarked on cosmetic urban
design upgrades and programmes to keep Johannesburg clean, or green, while others
campaign for transportation solutions and stadiums driven by manifestos to make
Johannesburg a truly 'world' city - Eurocentric images of what great cities should be. [No abstract provided. Information taken from introduction].
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This discourse is submitted to the Faculty of Architecture, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the degree Master of Urban Design, Johannesburg, October 1993
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English, Larry (1993) Streets for exchange : a restructuring of the inner city : Johannesburg