South Africa: Urban transformation
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Date
2000
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Elsevier
Abstract
This paper discusses transformation as a multi-dimensional concept to effect social change in
South African society in the post-apartheid era. The policy implications of such a variegated
understanding of social change are examined with special reference to planning principles such
as holism, capacity building, self-reliance, community integration, participatory democracy and
so forth. It is argued that transformation is a multi-dimensional process, and whilst on the
basis of provisional evidence there appears to be nascent forms of socio-spatial change, structurally,
such apparent change is shot through by a number of contradictions, tensions and
potential conflicts.
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South Africa, Public policy, Planning, Social change, Apartheid, Post-Apartheid, Urban planning
Citation
Williams, J.J. (2000). South Africa: Urban transformation. Cities, 17(3): 167-183