Spatial Governance in South Africa and Beyond

2026/01/20 by Nancy Odendaal · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Local Economic Development and Planning #Legal Issues in South Africa #Urban Planning and Governance

paper · doi:10.1080/01944363.2025.2599719

openalex publication_date 2026/01/20 · openalex created_date 2026/01/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

I became a planner in the early 1990s in South Africa, where, like so many others, I believed planning to be a vehicle for spatial reform and restructuring. The socio-spatial impacts of Apartheid w...

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