What is it about?
A dilemma at the heart of the new urban agenda globally is whether population growth should be accommodated by extensive or intensive urban development. Both approaches have gained support in South Africa in recent years, albeit in different parts of government. The paper provides a critical and constructive assessment of what lies behind these contrasting agendas. It considers the positive and negative features of mega-projects and urban consolidation, with an emphasis on their implications for urban efficiency and social justice. It concludes by stressing the need to reconcile these policies in order to avoid wasteful duplication and damage
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Why is it important?
Its an example of how the thinking behind the United Nation's New Urban Agenda is being (mis)applied in a particular country.
Perspectives
I hope this article helps readers to understand some of the difficulties and dilemmas that face decision-makers under pressure to deliver many more houses
Professor Ivan N Turok
HSRC
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This page is a summary of: South Africa's new urban agenda: Transformation or compensation?, Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, February 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0269094215614259.
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