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Changing Space, Changing City: Johannesburg after apartheid - Open Access selection
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2014
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Wits University Press
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As the dynamo of South Africa’s economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation’s imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South. This book offers detailed empirical analyses of changes in the city’s physical space, as well as a host of chapters on the character of specific neighbourhoods and the social identities being forged within them. Informing all of these is a consideration of underlying economic, social and political processes shaping the wider Gauteng province. A mix of respected academics, practising urban planners and experienced policymakers offer compelling overviews of the rapid and complex spatial developments that have taken place in Johannesburg since the end of apartheid, along with tantalising glimpses into life on the streets and behind the high walls of this diverse city. The book has three sections. Section A provides an overview of macro spatial trends and the policies that have influenced them. Section B explores the shaping of the city at district and suburban level, revealing the peculiarity of processes in different areas. This analysis elucidates the larger trends, while identifying shifts that are not easily detected at the macro level. Section C is an assembly of chapters and short vignettes that focus on the interweaving of place and identity at a micro level.
With empirical data supported by new data sets including the 2011 Census, the city’s Development Planning and Urban Management Department’s information system, and Gauteng City-Region Observatory’s substantial archive, the book is an essential reference for planning practitioners, urban geographers, sociologists, and social anthropologists, among others.Indexed in Clarivate Analytics Book Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection)
Table of Contents


pp. 2-39
Section A: The Macro Trends
pp. 42-62

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pp. 101-116
Section B: Area-based Transformations
pp. 252-268
pp. 269-292

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pp. 319-341
pp. 437-442
pp. 443-453
Section C: Spatial Identities
pp. 512-526
pp. 553-566
ISBN | 9781868147663 |
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Related ISBN(s) | 9781868147656, 9781868148134 |
MARC Record | Download |
OCLC | 1016591184 |
Pages | 656 |
Launched on MUSE | 2018-01-01 |
Language | English |
Open Access | Yes |
Creative Commons | CC-BY-NC-ND |