Prospects for global city development in central Gauteng.

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dc.contributor.authorWolhuter, Caroline
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-26T07:28:40Z
dc.date.available2019-03-26T07:28:40Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionDISCOURSE submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF SCIENCE in Development Planning at the UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRANDen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis discourse investigates nature and the needs of global city development. It does this, through both theoretical and empirical research into this phenomenon, peculiar to the late twentieth century. The first part of the work explores the theoretical underpinnings of 'global city thesis'. and its host dominant critique, the 'dual city thesis'. Following this, an empirical assessment of the concept's relevance to Southern Africa's development is performed. For this purpose, the most dominant locality in the region, Central Gauteng, is analysed in terms of its potential for, and the problems involved with global city development in a middle-income country. It is found that global city development here would be desirable for both Central Gauteng and the greater SADC. By establishing Central Gauteng as a global city, the region would be empowered to take greater control over its economic destiny. The path this development would, by necessity take, is the promotion of the locality as the 'Gateway to Africa'. Based on this orientation several development planning proposals are presented.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianAndrew Chakane 2019en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/26629
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectMetropolitan areas -- South Africa -- Gauteng.en_ZA
dc.subjectRegional economics -- South Africa -- Gauteng.en_ZA
dc.subjectGauteng (South Africa) -- Economic conditions.en_ZA
dc.titleProspects for global city development in central Gauteng.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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