Policy directions for spatial transformation and sustainable development: A case study of Polokwane City, South Africa

South African cities are faced with complex challenges of facilitating spatial transformation, in order to redress the negative spatial implications of the apartheid planning legacy. Efforts aimed at an improved understanding of the legislative policy contribution in respect of promoting sustainable...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Frank Moffat, James Chakwizira, Emaculate Ingwani, Peter Bikam
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	University of the Free State 2021
Materias:	intermediate city legislative policy directions spatial transformation sustainable development south africa Cities. Urban geography GF125 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT101-395
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.18820/2415-0495/trp78i1.4 https://doaj.org/article/2d46bf62844d4caaab73312eafc0240f
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:2d46bf62844d4caaab73312eafc0240f
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2d46bf62844d4caaab73312eafc0240f2021-12-02T17:36:36ZPolicy directions for spatial transformation and sustainable development: A case study of Polokwane City, South Africahttps://doi.org/10.18820/2415-0495/trp78i1.41012-280X2415-0495https://doaj.org/article/2d46bf62844d4caaab73312eafc0240f2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/5440/4134https://doaj.org/toc/1012-280Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2415-0495South African cities are faced with complex challenges of facilitating spatial transformation, in order to redress the negative spatial implications of the apartheid planning legacy. Efforts aimed at an improved understanding of the legislative policy contribution in respect of promoting sustainable urban development has been biased towards major cities at the expense of secondary, small medium-sized towns in the world. This article seeks to contribute to the debate on sustainable urban development by drawing empirical experiences on legislative policy directions for spatial transformation in Polokwane, an intermediate city in South Africa. A literature review method, underpinned by the pragmatic research paradigm, was adopted in this article. A database with a total of 116 documents was established from files collected during expert interviews and additional literature from Google, Google Scholar and library databases – EBSCOhost, JSTOR, Web of Science. Twenty-eight papers, dissertations, as well as legislative and policy framework plans were identified as relevant for review, through a thematic analysis approach guided by deductive reasoning. Lefebvre’s production of space theory, the spatial triad and discourse analysis constituted the theoretical framework in analysing Polokwane City’s legislative policy directions with respect to spatial transformation and sustainable urban development covering the period 1996-2016. Findings show that spatial transformation legislative policy systems play a framing role in Polokwane City, in terms of promoting urban containment as a practical sustainable urban form-making and shaping tool to ensure sustainable urban development. This resultant ‘desired and crafted’ urban form is implemented through strategic development areas, spatial targeting, housing development, densification, sustainable transport, greening, and smart city concept.Frank MoffatJames ChakwiziraEmaculate IngwaniPeter BikamUniversity of the Free Statearticleintermediate citylegislative policy directionsspatial transformationsustainable developmentsouth africaCities. Urban geographyGF125Urban groups. The city. Urban sociologyHT101-395ENTown and Regional Planning, Vol 78, Pp 46-64 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	intermediate city legislative policy directions spatial transformation sustainable development south africa Cities. Urban geography GF125 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT101-395
spellingShingle	intermediate city legislative policy directions spatial transformation sustainable development south africa Cities. Urban geography GF125 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT101-395 Frank Moffat James Chakwizira Emaculate Ingwani Peter Bikam Policy directions for spatial transformation and sustainable development: A case study of Polokwane City, South Africa
description	South African cities are faced with complex challenges of facilitating spatial transformation, in order to redress the negative spatial implications of the apartheid planning legacy. Efforts aimed at an improved understanding of the legislative policy contribution in respect of promoting sustainable urban development has been biased towards major cities at the expense of secondary, small medium-sized towns in the world. This article seeks to contribute to the debate on sustainable urban development by drawing empirical experiences on legislative policy directions for spatial transformation in Polokwane, an intermediate city in South Africa. A literature review method, underpinned by the pragmatic research paradigm, was adopted in this article. A database with a total of 116 documents was established from files collected during expert interviews and additional literature from Google, Google Scholar and library databases – EBSCOhost, JSTOR, Web of Science. Twenty-eight papers, dissertations, as well as legislative and policy framework plans were identified as relevant for review, through a thematic analysis approach guided by deductive reasoning. Lefebvre’s production of space theory, the spatial triad and discourse analysis constituted the theoretical framework in analysing Polokwane City’s legislative policy directions with respect to spatial transformation and sustainable urban development covering the period 1996-2016. Findings show that spatial transformation legislative policy systems play a framing role in Polokwane City, in terms of promoting urban containment as a practical sustainable urban form-making and shaping tool to ensure sustainable urban development. This resultant ‘desired and crafted’ urban form is implemented through strategic development areas, spatial targeting, housing development, densification, sustainable transport, greening, and smart city concept.
format	article
author	Frank Moffat James Chakwizira Emaculate Ingwani Peter Bikam
author_facet	Frank Moffat James Chakwizira Emaculate Ingwani Peter Bikam
author_sort	Frank Moffat
title	Policy directions for spatial transformation and sustainable development: A case study of Polokwane City, South Africa
title_short	Policy directions for spatial transformation and sustainable development: A case study of Polokwane City, South Africa
title_full	Policy directions for spatial transformation and sustainable development: A case study of Polokwane City, South Africa
title_fullStr	Policy directions for spatial transformation and sustainable development: A case study of Polokwane City, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Policy directions for spatial transformation and sustainable development: A case study of Polokwane City, South Africa
title_sort	policy directions for spatial transformation and sustainable development: a case study of polokwane city, south africa
publisher	University of the Free State
publishDate	2021
url	https://doi.org/10.18820/2415-0495/trp78i1.4 https://doaj.org/article/2d46bf62844d4caaab73312eafc0240f
work_keys_str_mv	AT frankmoffat policydirectionsforspatialtransformationandsustainabledevelopmentacasestudyofpolokwanecitysouthafrica AT jameschakwizira policydirectionsforspatialtransformationandsustainabledevelopmentacasestudyofpolokwanecitysouthafrica AT emaculateingwani policydirectionsforspatialtransformationandsustainabledevelopmentacasestudyofpolokwanecitysouthafrica AT peterbikam policydirectionsforspatialtransformationandsustainabledevelopmentacasestudyofpolokwanecitysouthafrica
_version_	1718379873622294528

Policy directions for spatial transformation and sustainable development: A case study of Polokwane City, South Africa

Ejemplares similares