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Changing Space, Changing City: Johannesburg after Apartheid
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Description for Changing Space, Changing City: Johannesburg after Apartheid
Hardcover. 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. Editor(s): Harrison, Philip; Todes, Alison; Gotz, Graeme; Wray, Chris. Num Pages: 656 pages, Full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168. Weight in Grams: 1460.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868147656
SKU
V9781868147656
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Ref
99-15
About
Philip Harrison is the South African Research Chair in Development Planning and Modelling at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Graeme Gotz is director of research at the Gauteng City-Region Observatory. Alison Todes is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South ... Read more
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