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Africa’s Urban Revolution
S PARNELL & E PIETERSE (EDITORS)
By 2030 African cities will have grown by more than 350 million people and over half the continent’s population will be urban. Yet to policy-makers, scholars and much of the general public, Africa is quintessentially rural. This lack of awareness and robust analysis means it is difficult to make a policy case or a more overtly urban agenda. As a result there has been an insufficient response to the challenges and opportunities associated with the world’s last major wave of urbanisation. Drawing on the expertise of scholars and practitioners associated with UCT’s African Centre for Cities, and utilising a diverse array of case studies, this book gives a comprehensive insight into the key issues - demographic, cultural, political, technical, environmental and economic – surrounding African urbanisation.
SUITABLE FOR
Academics and scholars of Urban Studies, Development Studies, Geography, Public Administration.
BUILDING A CAPABLE STATE
Service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa
I PALMER, N MOODLEY & S PARNELL
The sustainable development goals signed in 2016 marked a new phase in global development thinking, one which is focused on ecologically
and fiscally sustainable human settlements. Few countries offer a better testing ground for their attainment than post-apartheid South Africa. Since the coming to power of the African National Congress, the country has undergone a policy making revolution, driven by an urgent need to improve access to services for the country’s black majority.
A quarter century on from the fall of apartheid, Building a Capable State asks what lessons can be learned from the South African experience.
The book assesses whether the South African government has succeeded in improving service delivery, focusing on the vital sectors of water and sanitation, energy, roads, public transport and housing. Emphasising the often-overlooked role of local government institutions and finance, the book demonstrates that effective service delivery can have a profound impact on the social structure of emerging economies, and must form an integral part of any future development strategy.
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978 1 77582 076 5 2014
320 PAGES
ZAR R432.00
Since 1994, South Africa has undergone a policy-making revolution, driven by an
urgent need to improve access to services for its black majority. More than 2the social sciences, public finance and engineering sectors.
later, what can be learned from this experience? Comparing urban service delivery
in the global South the authors assess whether the South African government has
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public transport. They show that effective service delivery can have a profound effect on the social structure of emerging economies and must be an integral part of any development strategy.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Ian Palmer is an Adjunct Professor at UCT’s African Centre for Cities and the founder of Palmer Development Group (PDG), a South African development consultancy.
Nishendra Moodley works with the National Treasury’s City Support Programme. He has worked on local government policy development, monitoring and evaluation processes for national government, and municipal institutional transformation projects.
Susan Parnell is a Professor of Urban Geography in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and is a visiting professor at LSE Cities.
SUITABLE FOR
Students and academics across the Social Sciences, but particularly
in Urban Studies, Urban Planning, Public Finance, Engineering, Public Administration and Development Studies; also practitioners and NGOs involved in public finance and public policy.
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JULIO D. DÁVILA, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
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SERVICE DELIVERY IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
IAN PALMER, NISHENDRA MOODLEY AND SUSAN PARNELL
978 1 77582 248 6 2017
320 PAGES
ZAR R385.00
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