There is a robust international debate about how best to tackle spatial inequalities within nations and regions. The paper discusses three contrasting approaches: spatial rebalancing, space-neutral and place-based. They ...
Mphatsoe, Pulane(UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)
The ambiguous nature of cities has long been discussed by many scholars. Cities are
both spaces of opportunity and abject poverty; connectivity to global circuits of goods,
people and ideas, yet concurrently contain ...
Selepe, Reitumetse(UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)
Informal housing such as backyard housing in South Africa is essential as it has manged to absorb the low income group of people who cannot enter the formal market. Backyard housing offers a place where people can access ...
Manzini, Siyabonga(UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)
At the crux of the developmental approach to local government in South Africa is the Integrated Development Plan enshrined in the Municipal Systems Act 2000.The integrated Development Plan has become an important tool in ...
Molema, Lebogang(UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)
Public participation is the cornerstone of democracy in South Africa, and it is at the
local government that most of the community engagement is undertaken. However
with this being said there are a number of signs that ...
Hopa, Lutho(UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)
Backyard rental accommodation is increasingly receiving attention from the state, urban
planners and policy makers as one of the solutions to the housing problem in South Africa. The state in their quest to achieving ...
Mandyanda, Aviwe(UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)
The purpose of the study is to understand the everyday social
and spatial practices that affect transportation choices in the
city from the perspective of public transport commuters.
My research is a qualitative inquiry ...
Bodhi, Kavish(UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)
After the 1994 elections, housing initiatives, aimed to address the inequalities created within
Apartheid, such as racial and socio-economic segregation. This resulted in the 1994 White Paper and
1997 Housing Act which ...
Moraka, Sedimogang(UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)
“Freedom cannot be achieved unless WOMEN have been emancipated from all
forms of oppression. Our endeavours must be about the liberation of the WOMAN,
the emancipating of the man and the liberty of the child”
(Extract ...
Mahlangu, Sabelo(UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 2016)
GIS has transformed the nature of business and decision making in various industries by providing insight, opportunities to change business outcomes. In planning GIS has provided opportunities for better decision making ...
Godsell, Abigail Elizabeth(University of the Witwatersrand; Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2016)
This research report develops a case study of the local and long distance Tembisa-Pretoria Taxi Association (TEPTA), in the context of the dearth of specific transport planning research on taxi associations and the shortfalls ...
Thantsha, Seremi(University of the Witwatersrand; Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2016)
Contemporary second and third space economies are continually experiencing significant growth patterns in economic developments. Initiatives of reconfiguring and rejuvenating previously marginalised and economically deprived ...
Ntombela, Siphelelisiwe(University of the Witwatersrand; Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2016)
Post-apartheid transformation is based on focusing on previously neglected areas and improving their economies to eradicate inequality and segregation. Strategic spatial plans tend to focus on a limited number of strategic ...
Maphumulo, Minenhle(University of the Witwatersrand; Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2016)
Southern African cities are more and more characterised by rapid urbanisation. Urban planners and other spatial practitioners are thus increasingly expected to develop innovative strategies around affordable housing to ...
Brink, Daniel(University of the Witwatersrand; Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2016)
In the face of Climate Change, all cities and their citizens are facing a choice as to how they will use and consume energy. In the variety of energy choices that exist, none are perfectly suited to solving the dynamic and ...
Ncame, Sikhokele(University of the Witwatersrand; Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2016)
The limited capacity of on-campus university provided student housing has created a niche for the private sector to fill the gap and provide additional housing for students at institutions of higher education and training ...
Ngoma, Ralph(University of the Witwatersrand; Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2016)
The City of Johannesburg has embarked on corridor-development plan to assist in spatially restructuring the spatially fragmented urban form of Johannesburg, which for a long time has disadvantaged poor inhabitants of city ...