Urban Planning in the Global South

Conflicting Rationalities in Contested Urban Space
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-69495-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 255 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4552 g

This book addresses the on-going crisis of informality in rapidly growing cities of the global South. The authors offer a Southern perspective on planning theory, explaining how the concept of conflicting rationalities complements and expands upon a theoretical tradition which still primarily speaks to global ‘Northern’ audiences. De Satgé and Watson posit that a significant change is needed in the makeup of urban planning theory and practice – requiring an understanding of the ‘conflict of rationalities’ between state planning and those struggling to survive in urban informal settlements – for social conditions to improve in the global South. Ethnography, as illustrated in the book’s case study – Langa, a township in Cape Town, South Africa – is used to arrive at this conclusion. The authors are thus able to demonstrate how power and conflict between the ambitions of state planners and shack-dwellers, attempting to survive in a resource-poor context, have permeated and shaped all state–society engagement in this planning process.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Watson, Vanessa

de Satgé, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Conflicting Rationalities and Southern Planning Theory.- Chapter 3. African Cities: Planning Ambitions and Planning Realities.- Chapter 4. Struggles for Shelter and Survival in Post-Apartheid South African Cities: The Case of Langa.- Chapter 5. Voices From and Within the State.- Chapter 6. Conflicting Rationalities in the N2 Gateway Project: Voices from Langa.- Chapter 7. Implications for Southern Planning Theory and Practice.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Richard de Satgé is director of research at Phuhlisani, a non-profit company. He has 40 years’ experience working in NGOs across southern Africa as an educator and researcher with a focus on land, livelihoods, poverty and informality. He holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town.

Vanessa Watson is professor of city planning at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and is a Fellow of this University. She holds degrees, including a PhD, from South African universities and the Architectural Association of London and is on the executive of the African Centre for Cities.