The Map of Gauteng: evolution of a city-region in concept and plan

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dc.contributor.authorMabin, Alan
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-03T10:25:30Z
dc.date.available2015-02-03T10:25:30Z
dc.date.issued2013-07
dc.departmentPlanning
dc.descriptionThe mission of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) is to help illuminate trends and dynamics shaping the region of towns and cities in and around Gauteng, and also enhance understanding of the idea of the Gauteng City-Region (GCR) as a project – a different way of thinking about and governing this space. While much of the data collection and analysis work of the GCRO is focused on the present, we also consider the city-region’s past and its possible futures. A 2030 National Development Plan, crafted by the National Planning Commission, has recently been adopted. In addition the Gauteng Provincial Government, working with municipal partners and business, civil society and labour stakeholders, is drafting a G2055 long-term development plan. As our society looks forward to what sort of country and region we need to become, it is also important to look backward. Understanding the past gives us insights into how we have come to be where we are now, and so in turn what paths we should tread into the future.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis Occasional Paper is one of two that GCRO has commissioned specifically to deepen our understanding of the past of the GCR. Both focus on aspects of the region’s spatial past, and ought to be read together. This paper by Alan Mabin explores how the idea of a city-region found expression in various statutory planning frameworks over the course of the last century, and how embryonic cityregion concepts influenced spatial decisions and developments. The companion paper by Brian Mubiwa and Harold Annegarn considers the different but related issue of the actual historical spatial evolution of the GCR. It examines key spatial changes that have shaped the region over a century and provides a remarkable picture, based on satellite imagery, of regional spatial growth in the last two decades.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipGauteng City Region Observatoryen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMabin, Alan. 2013. The Map of Gauteng: evotution of a city-region in concept and plan. Gauteng City Region Observatory; Occasional Paper 5. Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/16851
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherGauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO)en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGauteng City Region Observatory (GRCO) Occasional Paper;05
dc.subjectCity-regions Gauteng, GCRO spatial past, statuary planning framework, embryonic city region concepts, spatial decisions and developements, spatial changes, ; regional spatial growthen_ZA
dc.titleThe Map of Gauteng: evolution of a city-region in concept and planen_ZA
dc.typeWorking Paperen_ZA
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