Johannesburg is most often compared with Sao Paulo and Los Angeles and sometimes even with Budapest, Calcutta and Jerusalem. Johannesburg reflects and informs conditions in cities around the world. As might be expected from such comparisons, South Africa's political transformation has not led to redistribution and inclusive social change in Johannesburg. In Emerging Johannesburg the contributors describe the city's transition from a post apartheid city to one with all too familiar issues such as urban/suburban divide in the city and its relationship to poverty and socio-political...
Johannesburg is most often compared with Sao Paulo and Los Angeles and sometimes even with Budapest, Calcutta and Jerusalem. Johannesburg reflects and...
In a series of essays written by leading academics and practitioners, this reference documents and assesses in rigorous detail the formulation, evolution, and implementation of urban policy in South Africa during the first ten years of democracy. The examination includes the policy formulation processes, the role of research, and the influence of international development agencies in assessing successes and failures in policy implementation.
In a series of essays written by leading academics and practitioners, this reference documents and assesses in rigorous detail the formulation, evolut...
Considers the effects of South Africa's hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This book presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the probable consequences of the World Cup for the economy of South Africa and its cities, on infrastructure development, and on the projection of African culture and identity.
Considers the effects of South Africa's hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This book presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the probable consequen...