Exploration into knowledge production in spatial planning : the Cornubia Housing Project, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa.
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Planning discourse has been at the heart of South Africa's history, with planning ideologies influencing, and being influenced by, political actions and social debate.Under apartheid spatial planning was used as a tool to implement political ideals and reinforce the ideology of racial separation.In the post-apartheid era planning is still at the forefront of many urban processes.The three main challenges inherited from the apartheid spatial planning discourse are: separation; fragmentation; and sprawl.Planning has become more flexible in post-modern times and therefore can have greater emphasis on social, economic and environmental factors.These factors are critical, however, understanding how important each factor is to a particular development is a challenge.This research examines the case study of the Cornubia Housing Project in the Northern Municipal Planning Region of the eThekwini Municipality.The project is a public/private partnership between the eThekwini Municipality and Tongaat Hulett, who both own portions of the land.The research seeks to establish the discourses used to produce the Local Area Plan for Verulam-Cornubia and the Cornubia Framework Plan.The Cornubia project is an interesting case study to research in post-apartheid South Africa as it encompasses the social,
Author: Helen Louise. Cooke
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Research Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W2590000775