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Not another ‘night at the museum’: ‘moving on’ – from ‘developmental’ local government to ‘developmental local state’
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2010)English: Since the government transformation in 1994, various efforts have been made in South Africa to institute a developmental local government system to facilitate and enhance growth and development in all sectors of ... -
Future, change and choices
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2010)Abstract not available -
A home close to opportunities in South Africa: top down vision or bottom up demand?
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2010)English: South African cities have changed tremendously over the past 50 years. Alongside growing urbanisation, people have moved further apart or closer to each other, influenced by the reigning ideologies and policies ... -
The methodological rigour of South African master’s and doctoral planning theses: 1963-2007
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2010)English: Planning knowledge is increasingly contested while publication pressure on supervisors and their students is mounting. Given these challenges, to what extent has the methodological rigour of South African master’s ... -
The dilemma of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) in South African higher education - the case of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Johannesburg
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2010)English: The South African Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF) gazetted in 2007 sets a revised qualifications framework that necessitates the re-evaluation and redesign of programmes to align with the new ... -
Re-thinking the role of regional development funds in South Africa: reflections on international experience
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2010)English: In 2010 the national government actively considered the introduction of a regional development fund to support the objectives of regional development in South Africa. Against this backdrop, this article critically ... -
National spatial development planning in South Africa 1930-2010: an introductory comparative analysis
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2010)English: This article reviews the various attempts at national spatial development planning that have been introduced in South Africa over the past eighty years. It demonstrates that, despite the ostensible support for ... -
Land quality, urban development and urban agriculture within the Cape Town urban edge
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: The article analyses the consumption of agricultural land within the Cape Town urban edge between 2002 and 2007. The agricultural potential of the developed land and the distribution of land uses are analysed to ... -
Opportunities and constraints facing informal street traders: Evidence from four South African cities
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: A small income and the limited ability of the government and the formal business sector to provide sufficient employment opportunities to people in the economically active age categories are two of the main ... -
Nestling national ‘transformation’ imperatives in local ‘servicing’ space: critical reflections on an inter-governmental planning and implementation project
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: In this article, it is argued that South Africa’s post-1994 dream is marked by a tension between servicing and transformation – mutually supporting, but potentially also divergent set of intentions, processes and ... -
Shared Services for enhancing municipal planning efficiency in KwaZulu-Natal
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: The past five years have seen a growing trend towards the notion of a Shared Services approach to enhancing municipal efficiency in the local government sector in South Africa. In KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), this approach ... -
Land-use management system as a tool towards achieving low-carbon cities in South Africa
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: The scientific community has to a large extent accepted that climate change is no longer a vague threat but a growing reality attributed to the build-up of greenhouse gas emissions. As urban areas are responsible ... -
Who’s out there? A profile of informal traders in four South African city central business districts
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: The informal sector has gained prominence in developing countries during the past two decades, mainly as a result of the formal sector’s inability to absorb growing populations and an increasing number of ... -
‘Picking up the pieces’: Reconstructing the informal economic sector in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: Since the launch of Operation Restore Order in May 2005 in all urban centres by the Zimbabwean government, the informal economic sector in Bulawayo has undergone significant transformations and growth. In ... -
The home as informal business location: Home-based business (HBB) dynamics in the medium-sized city of George
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: Home-based businesses (HBBs) are often considered the most ‘formal’ of the informal business sector types, where a formal structure such as a house or shack provides some form of security for these businesses. ... -
The economic importance of migrant entrepreneurship: An application of data envelopment analysis in The Netherlands
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: In the Anglo-Saxon literature in the past decade, much attention has been paid to the economic importance of ethnic (migrant) entrepreneurship. This type of self-employment appears to provide a vital and creative ... -
The geography of informal arts and crafts traders in South Africa’s four main city centres
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: The choice of location of street traders and the products they sell reflect specific geographies of flows of people. In this study the focus is on the spatial relationships between arts and crafts trading and ... -
The informal sector in urban Nigeria: Reflections from almost four decades of research
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2011)English: The rapid expansion of the informal sector or economy in both developed and developing countries has not only captured the attention of researchers, development analysts, government officials and international ... -
Gated communities in South Africa: tensions between the planning ideal and practice
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)English: Gated communities are considered by many South Africans as a necessity – a place to stay in a safer environment in the context of high crime rates. At the same time, these developments can also challenge planning ... -
Spatial development frameworks on a broader scale: an integrative approach
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)English: Recent exposure to a number of spatial development frameworks on a broader (district and regional) scale in South Africa indicates that there is considerable confusion as to what should be the content of these ...