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  • Beyond master planning? New approaches to spatial planning in Ekurhuleni, South Africa 
    Todes, Alison; Karam, Aly; Klug, Neil; Malaza, N (Elsevier., 2010)
    Traditional master planning has been criticised, but continues in various forms. This paper critically assesses an initiative by a South Africa metropolitan municipality to develop ‘local spatial developmen tframeworks’: ...
  • Including Women? (Dis)junctures Between Voice, 
    Todes, Alison; Sithole, Pearl; Williamson, Amanda (Urban Forum. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010, 2010-02-05)
    Abstract Integrated development plans (IDPs) are municipal strategic plans designed to bring about developmental local government. They have been criticised for providing insufficient space for democratic participation. ...
  • Contemporary South African Urbanization Dynamics 
    Todes, Alison et al (Urban Forum. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010, 2010-06-16)
    Abstract The paper provides an overview of urbanization patterns and trends in the current era in South Africa, focusing in particular on the key dynamics and driving forces underlying migration and urbanization. It ...
  • The researcher as the ball in a political game 
    Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Carnets de géographes,, 2010-10)
    This research, undertaken by PLANACT (an NGO) and for which I am playing a role as research adviser, is about the place of residents’ participation in a hostel renovation projecti. The hostelii is located on former mining ...
  • Local democracy in Indian and South African cities: A comparative literature review 
    Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Wits University Press, Johannesburg, 2011)
    The local level has become since the 1990s an important arena of development of democracy in most countries of the world – in a move sometimes described as part of “the third wave of democratization” (Huntington 1992), ...
  • Accessing the State: Everyday Practices and Politics in the South 
    Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2011)
    This special issue explores everyday practices and politics of accessing the state and state resources from a southern perspective. The collection of papers documents low-income residents’ everyday relationships with the ...
  • ‘Up close and personal’ - How does local democracy help the poor access the state? Stories of accountability and clientelism in Johannesburg 
    Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2011)
    The paper revisits participation and decentralization in relation to local clientelism, arguing that they share the personalization of links between residents and the State and the local possibility to adapt state policies. ...
  • Reinventing Planning: Critical Reflections 
    Todes, Alison (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.2011, 2011-01-15)
    Abstract There is a growing acceptance in international development circles of the contribution a revitalised planning canmake to addressing key urban challenges. Current expectations that planning can play roles in ...
  • Reinventing Planning: Critical Reflections 
    Todes, Alison (Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011, 2011-01-15)
    There is a growing acceptance in international development circles of the contribution a revitalised planning can make to addressing key urban challenges. Current expectations that planning can play roles in managing the ...
  • Effectiveness of the fi neness of two South African Portland cements for controllingearly-age temperaturedevelopment in concrete 
    Graham, P.C.; Ballim, Y.; Kazirukanyo, J. (2011-04-01)
    In developing an assessment of the quantum and rate of heat evolution from hydrating cement, an important controllable variable is the fineness of grinding of the cement. This paper presents the results of a project in ...
  • Residence in Parktown 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    Residence in Parktown, 1902. A good example of the late Victorian house, built on a large scale in south Africa, from 1890 to 1905. Foundations and plinths are of stone, while red brick was contrasted with white wooden ...
  • Wolmarans Street School 
    Kallenbach & Kennedy (2011-07-25)
    From the original drawing by the Architects, Messrs. Kallenbach and Kennedy. Image 942
  • Store Bros. 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    Store Bros. Corner of Pritchard and Joubert Streets, Johannesburg, Image 702
  • Fordsburg Post Office 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    Fordsburg Post Office, one of the first branch post offices in Johannesburg, and situated in the Ferreirastown district. Image 942.
  • Green & Co. 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    Green & Co., Boot & Shoe Importers, Eloff Street. This building was situated on the block now occupied by Castle Mansions. Image 706.
  • Exchange Buildings 
    Lennox, Canning & Goad (2011-07-25)
    Exchange Buidings, 1890. Erected at a cost of 125,000 pounds, this building, in the Neo-Classic tradition, was opened on February 10th, 1890. Situated corner commissioner and Simmonds Streets, it was partly converted into ...
  • "Palace of the Mining Magnate" 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    This Renaissance pile was typical of the ostentatious residences built by the wealthy of early Johannesburg. This victorian fantasy presented a glistening white spectacle on a hilltop in Jeppestown.
  • The Irish Club 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    President street. This later became the Catholic Club. Image 942.
  • Interior of the Victorian Shop (Harris & Co.) 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    The elaborate interior of Harris & Co. the Jewllers and Silversmiths, who were situated in a building in commissioner Street. The bric-a-brac cluttering up this interior is similar to that found in the Victorian home. Image 706.
  • Johannesburg Town Hall 
    Hawke & McKinlay (2011-07-25)
    From the original drawing by the archiects. Image 169.

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