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Restructuring the apartheid city

Restructuring the apartheid city Cato Manor - 'A Prime Urban Reconstruction Opportunity'? SULTAN KHAN AND BR~ MAHARAJ As the democratic initiatives of the early 1990s gained momentum, urban planners in South Africa attempted to reconstruct apartheid cities by pursuing initiatives to reverse the effects of racial planning. These initiatives included, inter alia, increasing residential densities in the core city, promoting infill on pockets of vacant land which served as buffer zones to segregate racial groups, and upgrading crowded townships and hostels. Great emphasis has been placed on restructuring the inner city in the post-apartheid era so that there would be desegregation and integration (Dewar and Uytenbogaart 1991; Hindson, Mabin and Watson 1992). In this regard the urban development strategy of the Government of National Unity aims to integrate segregated cities by concentrating on rebuilding the townships, creating employment opportunities, providing housing and urban amenities, reducing commuting distances, 'facilitating better use of under utilised or vacant land', and introducing urban management policies which are environmentally sensitive (Government Gazette 16679, 1995:10). The intention is to ensure that the resources of the built environment are used efficiently in targeting the needs of the urban poor so that they become economically productive and contribute to the growth http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Urban Forum Springer Journals

Restructuring the apartheid city

Khan, Sultan; Maharaj, Brij
Urban Forum , Volume 9 (2) – Feb 27, 2009
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1998 by Springer SBM
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Social Sciences, general; Human Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Population Economics; Political Science; Sociology
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1015-3802
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1874-6330
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Cato Manor - 'A Prime Urban Reconstruction Opportunity'? SULTAN KHAN AND BR~ MAHARAJ As the democratic initiatives of the early 1990s gained momentum, urban planners in South Africa attempted to reconstruct apartheid cities by pursuing initiatives to reverse the effects of racial planning. These initiatives included, inter alia, increasing residential densities in the core city, promoting infill on pockets of vacant land which served as buffer zones to segregate racial groups, and upgrading crowded townships and hostels. Great emphasis has been placed on restructuring the inner city in the post-apartheid era so that there would be desegregation and integration (Dewar and Uytenbogaart 1991; Hindson, Mabin and Watson 1992). In this regard the urban development strategy of the Government of National Unity aims to integrate segregated cities by concentrating on rebuilding the townships, creating employment opportunities, providing housing and urban amenities, reducing commuting distances, 'facilitating better use of under utilised or vacant land', and introducing urban management policies which are environmentally sensitive (Government Gazette 16679, 1995:10). The intention is to ensure that the resources of the built environment are used efficiently in targeting the needs of the urban poor so that they become economically productive and contribute to the growth

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