Based on the case studies of two South African metropolitan areas (Johannesburg and Ekhuruleni in the Gauteng Province), this paper reflects on the relation between globalisation and local urban policies. We argue that in South Africa's metropolisation process (finalised in 2000) globalisation has been used in the political and urban planners discourse to justify a neo-liberal urban policy, for one, and to reinforce the role of the central state, for the other. This strategy is partly hidden by a general insistence on local democracy, " good governance " and participation. It thus allows the state to concentrate on public and private investments in some part of the cities (the shop window), and to manage poverty in some others (the back sho...
City development strategies (CDS) have emerged as an important new initiative in international polic...
M.Comm.Cities around the world face, to different degrees, the same problems of inequality, poverty,...
M.Comm.Cities around the world face, to different degrees, the same problems of inequality, poverty,...
Based on the case studies of two South African metropolitan areas (Johannesburg and Ekhuruleni in th...
International audienceHow is metropolization in big cities a consequence of globalization? The prese...
Born with colonial settlement patterns, the South-African urban system has experienced half a centur...
Born with colonial settlement patterns, the South-African urban system has experienced half a centur...
Born with colonial settlement patterns, the South-African urban system has experienced half a centur...
International audienceSince 2000, South Africa has redefined the metropolitan areas of its cities. T...
International audienceThe aim of this paper is to analyse the probably disturbing effects induced by...
Since 1994 South Africa's macroeconomic strategy has sought to accommodate the forces of globalisati...
Johannesburg could have been a very interesting example of ambitious and powerful metropolitan polic...
Johannesburg could have been a very interesting example of ambitious and powerful metropolitan polic...
Texte intégral à l'adresse : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01136.x/ful...
Summary. City development strategies (CDS) have emerged as an important new initiative in internatio...
City development strategies (CDS) have emerged as an important new initiative in international polic...
M.Comm.Cities around the world face, to different degrees, the same problems of inequality, poverty,...
M.Comm.Cities around the world face, to different degrees, the same problems of inequality, poverty,...
Based on the case studies of two South African metropolitan areas (Johannesburg and Ekhuruleni in th...
International audienceHow is metropolization in big cities a consequence of globalization? The prese...
Born with colonial settlement patterns, the South-African urban system has experienced half a centur...
Born with colonial settlement patterns, the South-African urban system has experienced half a centur...
Born with colonial settlement patterns, the South-African urban system has experienced half a centur...
International audienceSince 2000, South Africa has redefined the metropolitan areas of its cities. T...
International audienceThe aim of this paper is to analyse the probably disturbing effects induced by...
Since 1994 South Africa's macroeconomic strategy has sought to accommodate the forces of globalisati...
Johannesburg could have been a very interesting example of ambitious and powerful metropolitan polic...
Johannesburg could have been a very interesting example of ambitious and powerful metropolitan polic...
Texte intégral à l'adresse : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01136.x/ful...
Summary. City development strategies (CDS) have emerged as an important new initiative in internatio...
City development strategies (CDS) have emerged as an important new initiative in international polic...
M.Comm.Cities around the world face, to different degrees, the same problems of inequality, poverty,...
M.Comm.Cities around the world face, to different degrees, the same problems of inequality, poverty,...