Spatial Planning
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Electricity costs add to miners’ woes
Companies are also grappling with a decline in commodity prices and weaker global demand
South African cities must put green infrastructure firmly on the urban agenda
A green investment increases resilience and adapts cities to the harmful effects of climate change — and increases property prices and addresses issues such as health, water,…
Crisis is an opportunity to heal South Africa’s divisive spatial geographies
Apartheid architecture still strips many of dignity; they are on the periphery and rendered invisible
How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma
Approval of the River Club development in Cape Town is reminiscent of those bulldozing spatial planners of apartheid
Why a blanket approach to redressing spatial inequity is flawed
Equal distribution of resources will not close the access gap. Instead, resources must be deployed where they are needed most – and low-cost housing must move from the urban…
Relocation rears its head: Bringing de-densification home in Alexandra
About 1 600 families in the Stjwetla shack settlement in Alexandra, Johannesburg are standing on the verge of seismic change. This is one of their stories