Lessons for a new spatial policy from officials' reflections on the implementation of the local spatial development framework: a case study of Ekurhuleni

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2019

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Radebe-Radebe, Lebohang

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This research project investigates practices of planning officials of the City Planning Department at the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality within Gauteng Province in the Republic of South Africa. The Researcher argues that the emergence of policy in local South African government overlooks the idea of understanding and documenting officials’ practices. As polices emerge, attempts to know perspectives and experiences of state officials are a journey that is never explored. The Researcher uses the recently introduced Urban Design Initiative project and the outgoing Local Spatial Development Frameworks as a case study to explore, document and draw lessons from official’s practices. This research project is exploratory and adopts qualitative research methodology. Instruments for data collection includes interviews, observations and documentary sources. To analyse data, the Researcher employs thematic and comparative methods of analysis. The study is configured to entail three reporting chapters, chapter five presents’ findings related to official’s practices in implementing Local Spatial Development Frameworks. Chapter six, reports on official’s practices in the formulation of the recently introduced Urban Design Precinct Plans, as part of the Urban Design Initiative. Chapter seven provides findings relevant to the benefiting realities identified from the LSDFs and UDI processes. Chapter eight presents on lesson’s for new spatial policy and provides concluding remarks

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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for Master of Urban Studies April 2019

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