Confronting fragmentation : : housing and urban development in a democratising society / / editors, Philip Harrison, Marie Huchzermeyer, Mzwanele Mayekiso ; Stuart Sholto-Douglas, copy editor.

• TeilnehmendeR: Harrison, Philip, 1964-; Huchzermeyer, Marie,; Mayekiso, Mzwanele,; Sholto-Douglas, Stuart,
• Place / Publishing House: South Africa : : University of Cape Town Press,, 2013.; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Although apartheid has ended, South African cities have remained divided, and new forms of segregation have emerged. This study of urban fragmentation offers South African and international case studies that illustrate the theoretical and practical challenges of governance and equality in divided urban living. Issues discussed include housing, public transport policies, health care, and HIV/AIDS. Community activists, policy-makers, and urban planners will benefit from this provocative analysis of an important challenge to social justice and societal healing.

Table of Contents

Front Cover; Title page; Imprint page; Table of contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction: Confronting Fragementation; The challenge of urban fragmentation in a democratising society; Themes and structure of the book; Part A: The Challenge of Urban Fragmentation; Chapter 1: Fragmentation and Globalisation as the New Meta-Narrative; Globalisation: The new meta-narrative; Urban fragmentation; Responses to fragmentation; Partnerships; Networks and social capital; Policy coherence; Spatial integration and the compact city approach

Integration through communicative rationality Integration from below; In the final event, does fragmentation really matter?; References; Chapter 2: Urban Fragmentation, Inequality and Social Justice: Ethical Perspectives; Introduction; The apartheid city and beyond; Inequality in the United States city; The multicultural city; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3: The Degeneration of Urban Policy after Apartheid; Introduction; The Local Government White Paper; The Housing White Paper; The Urban Development Strategy; Conclusion: Towards cities of solidarity; References

Chapter 4: South Africa's Enduring Urban Crisis: The Local State and the Urban Social Movement with Particular Reference to Johannesburg Introduction; The civic movement in crisis; Social movements and the new economic regime; Democracy deferred and bureaucratising the civics; Uneven development within the post-apartheid city; The development dilemma within the civic movement, and between the civic movement and local government; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: HIV/Aids and Urban Disintegration in Johannesburg; Introduction; Demographic projections for Johannesburg in the light of HIV/Aids

Economic trends Economic and urban strategies and worsening poverty; Urban disintegration; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Social Justice, Social Integration and the Compact City: Lessons from the Inner City of Johannesburg; Introduction; Social justice in the compact city; Integrative trends in South African cities; Racial integration and racial tipping in the inner city of Johannesburg; Racial tension: Landlords versus tenants; Integration of income groups; Urban regeneration and housing affordability; Appropriate scale; Opportunities for the marginalised; Rural-urban and foreign migrants

Conclusion References; Part B: Urban Planning Responses; Chapter 7: Housing, Integrated Urban Development and the Compact City Debate; Introduction: The compact city debate in South Africa; Urban compaction: A socially desirable alternative?; The feasibility of urban compaction: A Durban case study; Conclusion: Is urban compaction still important?; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8: Unraveling the Different Meanings of Integration: The Urban Development Framework of the South African Government; Introduction; Central features of the Urban Development Framework

Four connotations of integration in the Urban Development Framework