Harrison, Philip

Planning and transformation: learning from the post-apartheid experience/ by Philip Harrison - London, Routedge: 2008. - xiv,: 306p.

Preface Part A: Setting the Scene Introduction--
1. Planning the Spaces of Colonialism and Apartheid --
2. New Planning Visions--
3. Planning Post-Apartheid--
Part B: Planning and Governance Introduction: International Debates--
4. Planning and Local Governance --
5. Planning as Governance beyond the Local: The Regional Question, National and Provincial Planning Part C: Discourses of Planning Introduction: International Debates--
6. Discourses of the Spatial--
7. Discourses of Social Transformation--
8. Discourses of the Economy and the Market--
9. Discourses of Sustainability--
Part D: Planning and Society Introduction: International Debates--
10. The Planning Profession and Society--
11. Educating Planners--
12. Planning, Democracy and Values --
13. Responding to Diversity: Conflicting Rationalities--
14. Responding to Informality--
15. Conclusion: The Power of Planning and the Limits to Power: Learning from the South African

Provides a comprehensive view of planning under political transition in South Africa, offering a resource for both students and researchers in an international and a local audience. This book covers the experience of the planning community, the extent to which their aims were achieved, and the hindering factors.

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Planning-Sputh Africa

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