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.