Changing Space, Changing City by Peter Ahmad
As the dynamo of South Africa's economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation's imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South. This richly illustrated study offers detailed empirical analyses of changes in the city's physical space, as well as a host of chapters on the character of specific neighbourhoods and the social identities being forged within them. Informing all of these is a consideration of underlying economic, social and political processes shaping the wider Gauteng region. A mix of respected academics, practising urban planners and experienced policymakers offer compelling overviews of the rapid and complex spatial developments that have taken place in Johannesburg since the end of apartheid, along with tantalising glimpses into life on the streets and behind the high walls of this diverse city. The book has three sections. Section A provides an overview of macro spatial trends and the policies that have infl uenced them. Section B explores the shaping of the city at district and suburban level, revealing the peculiarity of processes in different areas. This analysis elucidates thelarger trends, while identifying shifts that are not easily detected at the macro level. Section C is an assembly of chapters and short vignettes that focus on the interweaving of place and identity at a micro level. With empirical data supported by new data sets including the 2011 Census, the city's Development Planning and Urban Management Department's information system, and Gauteng City-Region Observatory's substantial archive, the book is an essential reference for planning practitioners, urban geographers, sociologists, and social anthropologists, among others.Peter Ahmad is the senior manager for metropolitan planning in the City of Cape Town, South Africa.
Graeme Gotz is the director of research at the Gauteng City-Region Observatory in Johannesburg
Alison Todes is a professor of urban and regional planning in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
Chris Wray was a senior systems analyst and manager at the Gauteng City-Region Observatory in Johannesburg
Peter Ahmad is the senior manager for metropolitan planning in the City of Cape Town, South Africa.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781868147656 |
| ISBN 10 | 1868147657 |
| Title | Changing Space, Changing City |
| Author | Peter Ahmad |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Wits University Press |
| Year published | 2014-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 656 |
| Prizes | Winner of Book, Creative and Digital Award for the best Non-Fiction Edited Volume 2017 (South Africa) |
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