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Evaluating the impact of public participation on the formulation and implementation of the Integrated Development Plan: the case of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (2004-2008)Mqulwana, Nimrod Mbuyiseli January 2010 (has links)
Local Government has a critical role to play in rebuilding local communities and environments as the basis for a democratic, integrated prosperous and truly non-racial society and this is enshrined in Chapter 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996. The key focus area of this research study is the evaluation of the impact of Public Participation on the formulation and implementation of the Integrated Development Plan in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality for the period 2004 – 2008. This research study has two aims that are related to public participation in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and they are: - To evaluate the impact of public participation in the Integrated Development Plan in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and whether public participation is seen as a vehicle to enhance policy formulation and implementation or not especially with respect to community ownership of the Integrated Development Plan. To provide strategies/mechanisms to remedy the situation. The research study is people focused and the methodogical approach that is used in this investigation is qualitative and quantitative. The target groups for this research is the Community residing in the jurisdiction area of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Metro Councillors and Municipal Officials.
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An assessment of Rosendal-Mautse participation in the IDP process of Dihlabeng MunicipalityFokane, Molete Edwin 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPA (School of Public Management and Planning))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / Since 1994, the newly elected democratic government of the Republic of South Africa,
starting with the government of National Unity, has introduced various policies and
legislation in an endeavour to place the country on a path to recovery after the demise of
apartheid. The national government has placed this responsibility in the hands of
municipalities, or local government as they are commonly referred to. As a result,
municipalities have an active duty to create conducive environments to enable local
communities to participate in the preparation, implementation and review of their
Integrated Development Plan (IDP).
The purpose of this study is to assess the public participation of Rosendal-Mautse, one
area among the five towns that comprise Dihlabeng Municipality, in the IDP process of
Dihlabeng Municipality. In view of the anthology of legislation governing “public
participation” at local government level, the study poses two hypotheses, which were
tested against the data collected. Furthermore, two additional research questions were
formulated to guide the research process. Results of the research are provided in a way
that will enable the reader to draw his or her own conclusions on the value of this study.
The literature review on international understanding and practices of public participation
suggest that participation has grown and that its role has extended in development. This
has resulted in the birth of new approaches that cut across theory, policy and practice,
with each approach in turn producing its own trajectory and contextual specificities that
are characterised by unique debates and empirical evidence.
Municipalities are currently burdened with the responsibility to achieve socio-economic
goals associated with public participation. However, despite compliance with legal
requirement for public participation, only an appropriate knowledge of the process
leading to meaningful participation and the relevant skills hold the key to success in this
quest to reconstruct and develop the country where all will live a better life.
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An evaluation of the integration of the 'white' town of Pietersburg and the 'black' township of Seshego after the local government elections of 1995Mabotja, Mpheta Samuel 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The emergence of urban systems in South Africa was from the start shaped by racial bias.
The black people of this country were refused any form of participation in town planning.
To aggravate the situation, urban space was manipulated in a manner that each racial
group had its own residential space. The manipulation of urban space gave rise to what is
called "the Apartheid City." This "Apartheid city" is characterised by stark contrast in
development between a well-serviced, first world town lying side by side with underserviced
third world townships.
The "Apartheid City" of Pietersburg-Seshego has been undergoing restructuring since
1990. The Local Government Transitional Act (LGTA) has served as an intervention
whereby the two formerly unequal areas had to integrate and become one city. The
central aim of this study is to evaluate, by using a series of indicators, the integration
level that has been achieved since 1995, i.e. since the first local government elections.
The study will focus on three key areas to reflect the level of integration, namely, land
use patterns, ward demarcation, and integration of personnel.
The main conclusion is that though one council has been formed where there were
previously two, spatial inequalities and racially-based ward demarcations between the
former Pietersburg town and the former Seshego township persist. On the other hand,
personnel drawn from the administrations of former white Pietersburg and former
Lebowa civil service has not been fully integrated. The former Pietersburg municipality
personnel is still white male dominated in both senior and middle management levels
while the former Lebowa personnel is black male dominated found in the lowest levels of
the TLC structure. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die ontstaan van metropolitaanse sisteme in Suid Arfika was nog altyd gekenmerk deur rasse
bevooroordeling. Die swart bevolking van Suid Afrika was nog altyd in die verlede uitgesluit
van deelname aan stadsbeplanning. Om die situasie nog te vererger, was metropolitaanse areas
op so 'n wyse gemanipuleer, dat groepe van verskillende rasse elk hul eie residensiële allokasie
gehad het. Hierdie manipulasie van metropolitaanse areas het die ontstaan van die
"apartheidstad" tot gevolg gehad. Hierdie "apartheidstad" word gekenmerk deur 'n skerp
kontras in ontwikkeling tussen 'n goed voorsiene eerste wêreld deel aan die een kant en 'n
swak voorsiene derde wêreld deel aan die ander kant.
Die "apartheidstad" van Pietersburg - Seshego het sedert 1990 herstrukturering ondergaan, Die
"Plaaslike Owerheidsoorgangs Wet" het gedien as 'n middelom twee histories ongelyke areas
te integreer om een stad te vorm. Die doelwit van hierdie studie is om die vlak van integrasie
sedert 1995 te evalueer deur gebruik te maak van sekere indikatore. Die studie fokus op drie
aspekte wat die vlak van integrasie weerspieël naamlik grondgebruikspatrone, wykafbakening
en personeel integrering.
Die belangrikste gevolge is dat daar nou een plaaslike raad is waar daar voorheen twee was
terwyl ruimtelike ongelykhede en ras gebaseerde wyksafbakening nog steeds plaasvind tussen
Pietersburg en die vorige Seshego nedersetting. Die nuwe personeelstruktuur - wat bestaan
hoofsaaklik uit voormalige wit lede van die Pietersburg raad en hoofsaaklik swart lede van die
voormalige Lebowa staatsdiens - is nog nie ten volle geintegreerd nie. Die personeel van die
Pietersburg Munisipaliteit is nog steeds oorwegend wit en manlik gedomineerd in beide die
middel en senior bestuursposte en die Lebowa personeel is hoofsaaklik swart en manlik
gedomineerd in die laer pos bekleding in die struktuur van die nuwe plaaslike
regeringstruktuur.
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Die fabriekswese in stedelike ontwikkeling : 'n institusioneel-ekonomiese perspektief op die Suid-Afrikaanse ervaringLotter, Johan C 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (DPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The historical Apartheid policy caused a lack ofinterest in metropolitan management
in South Africa. Metropolitan management mainly focussed on limiting the
accessibility ofthe non-white population to economic activities in urban areas. White
institutions directed the intra-urban structure of urban areas to maintain their dominant
economic, social and political position in the South African community.
Increasing urbanization and constitutional changes in South Africa since 1991,
together with international theoretical developments, necessitated a reconsideration
of the nature of metropolitan management. For this purpose the objectives of
metropolitan management were reformulated and industrial location was identified as
an instrument in metropolitan management to increase the accessibility to economic
activities. Itwas also determined that the non-establishment of industries intraditional
non -white urban areas and the long distances between workplace and residential areas
in North Gauteng limited the accessibility to non-whites.
The New Institutional Approach, which serves as the theoretical starting point in this
study, emphasises the role of rival individuals and interest groups in determining the
intra-urban structure. An analysis of the role of primarily white individuals and
interest groups, namely the community, the local and central governments, and the
industrial entrepreneur, showed that the local and central governments played a
determining role in establishing the intra-urban structure of the study area. The
approach of the community and industrial entrepreneurs was mostly directed towards
their own private interests and the inaccessibility of the study area for non-white
population groups did not concern them.
The institutions of the town councillors and officials of the local governments
originated from exogenous institutions which were enforced on local governments from
the central government and endogenic institutions which derived from a long
tradition of urban planning. These institutions do not relate to the realities of the
South African community and therefore a new institutional framework for decisionmaking
on intra-urban structure was needed.
Although this study only concerns one metropolitan area, the study area manifests all
the characteristics of a typical Apartheid city in South Africa and the conclusions can
be used in the reformulation of metropolitan management for most areas in South
Africa. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die historiese Apartheidsbeleid het veroorsaak dat metropolitaanse bestuur in Suid-
Afrika nie veel aandag gekry het nie. Metropolitaanse bestuur was grootliks gerig op
die beperking van die toeganklikheid van nie-blanke bevolkingsgroepe tot ekonomiese
aktiwiteite in stedelike gebiede. Blanke instellings het die intra-stedelike struktuurvan
stedelike gebiede gerig om huloorheersende ekonomiese, sosiale en politieke posisie
in die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing te handhaaf.
Toenemende verstedeliking en konstitusionele verandering in Suid-Afrika sedert 1991,
tesame met internasionale teoretiese ontwikkelinge, het 'n herbesinning oor die aard
van metropolitaanse bestuur genoodsaak. Vir doeleindes hiervan is die doelstellings
van metropolitaanse bestuur herformuleer en is fabrieksvestiging as 'n instrument in
metropolitaanse bestuur geïdentifiseer om die toeganklikheid tot ekonomiese
aktiwiteite te verhoog. Daar is bepaal dat die gebrek aan fabrieksvestiging in die
tradisionele nie-blanke stedelike gebiede en die groot afstande tussen werks- en
woonplek in Noord-Gauteng toeganklikheid vir nie-blankes beperk het.
Die Nuwe Institusionele Benadering, wat as 'n teoretiese vertrekpunt vir die studie
dien, beklemtoon die rol van mededingende indiwidue en belangegroepe in die
bepaling van die intra-stedelike struktuur. In Ontleding van die rol van hoofsaaklik
blanke indiwidue en belangegroepe, nl. die gemeenskap, die plaaslike en sentrale
owerhede, en die fabrieksondernemer, het getoon dat die plaaslike en sentrale
owerhede 'n bepalende rol gespeel het in die vasstelling van die intra-stedelike
struktuur van die studiegebied. Die gemeenskap en fabrieksondernemers se
benadering was grootliks gerig op hul eie partikuliere belang en die ontoeganklikheid
van die studiegebied vir nie-blanke bevolkingsgroepe was nie vir hulle ter sake nie.
Die instellings van die stadsraadslede en amptenare van plaaslike owerhede het lVontstaan
uit eksogene instellings wat op plaaslike owerhede vanaf die sentrale
owerheid afgedwing was en endogene instellings wat uit In lang stedelike
beplanningstradisie ontstaan het. Dié instellings hou nie verband met die realiteite van
die Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskap nie en daarom word Innuwe institusionele raamwerk
vereis waarbinne besluitneming oor die intra-stedelike struktuur kan plaasvind.
Hoewel hierdie studie slegs In gevallestudie van een metropolitaanse gebied is,
openbaar die studiegebied al die eienskappe van die tipiese Apartheidstad in Suid-
Afrika en die gevolgtrekkings kan gebruik word in die herformulering van die aard van
metropolitaanse bestuur vir die meeste gebiede in Suid-Afrika.
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Governance and management of urban trees and green spaces in South Africa: ensuring benefits to local people and the environmentChishaleshale, Mwale January 2013 (has links)
In the face of rapid urbanization and global climate change, urban trees and green spaces (UTGS) can contribute to the welfare of people and the urban environment. Urban trees and green spaces can assist to address urbanization challenges related to environmental degradation. While functions of UTGS have been well documented in the developed world, they have not yet received full attention in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Consequently, UTGS are under threat from urban development and fragmentation. Notably, the problems associated with UTGS also fall into the governance realm and indications are that poor governance and management of UTGS can negatively influence the potential benefits of UTGS to local people and the environment. This formed a basis for this research. The main objective of the study was to determine the current governance and management approaches to UTGS in South Africa. Through document search and review, the study determined the governance institutions influencing UTGS at national level and at provincial level (in the Limpopo and Eastern Cape Provinces). Face-to-face and online survey methods were used to determine the extent to which 28 local municipalities had adopted planned, systematic and integrated management of UTGS. The snowball approach was used to determine the key actors involved in UTGS activities and interviews were conducted to establish the roles and capabilities of these actors. A total of 540 household interviews were conducted to determine the institutional factors influencing local peoples’ ability to access, plant and use UTGS. The findings of the study showed that UTGS have not been adequately covered in existing governance institutions and practice at national and provincial levels. Local government municipalities were not managing their UTGS in a planned or systematic manner due to constraining factors such as insufficient funds, insufficient personnel, lack of equipment and lack of political support. Only 7.1 % of the surveyed municipalities had an urban tree management plan and an estimate of the urban tree stock; 32.1 % had tree policies; 28.6 % had tree bylaws; 21.4 % had tree planting schedules; 10.7 % had tree maintenance schedules and only 3.6 % had tree inspection schedules. Key actors involved in UTGS activities differed among levels of government. The actors included national and provincial government departments, local government municipalities, Non-Governmental Organizations, private sector companies and local volunteers. Most of the actors, however, either planted trees or provided tree seedlings to municipalities and the local people. Tenure security was a key institutional factor affecting peoples’ ability to plant, use or even remove trees from their residential plots. The same applied to trees in the streets and public parks. Whereas most respondents did not require permission to plant (79.8 %) or remove (75 %) trees on their residential plots, a majority of them required permission to plant and remove trees from streets (over 70 %) and public parks (over 80 %). However, with regard to planting and removing urban trees in public open spaces, 54% of the respondents indicated that permission was not required suggesting a lack of clarity among local residents on the issue. Overall, the findings of this study indicate that there is no political recognition and support for UTGS at almost all levels of government. This has resulted in the lack of incorporation of UTGS in urban planning and development and has caused UTGS to receive limited funding to permit planned and systematic management. Given the current rates of urbanization and urban development, the lowly prioritised UTGS are vulnerable to exploitation. To conserve UTGS and promote their potential contribution to local people and the environment, UTGS must be recognized and placed on political and development agendas. There is a need to develop national guidelines for UTGS management, assess the extent of the urban forest resource in local municipalities, clearly define the roles and capabilities of different actors, integrate UTGS in the urban planning and development system, and most of all seek to involve the local people in overall management and governance of UTGS.
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Access and constraints to commuting in Gauteng Province, South AfricaChakwizira, James 05 1900 (has links)
PhD (Environmental Sciences) / Department of Urban and Regional Planning / See the attached abstract below
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Investigating prospects of integrating spatial planning with disaster risk reduction in flood prone settlements of Greater Tzaneen Municipality of Limpopo Province in South AfricaTladi, Mazwi Thapelo 18 May 2019 (has links)
MURP / Department of Urban and Regional Planning / Disaster is posing serious threats to both human lives, infrastructure and the environment at large. Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM) is one of the many municipalities that suffer from flood related disasters. Lack of integration between Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and spatial planning has compounded the disaster risk situation in the municipality. This study sought to investigate the prospects of integrating spatial planning with disaster risk reduction in flood prone areas of GTM. The study is guided by three research objectives. First, the study sought to analyse spatial planning attributes that can be valorised for DRR in flood prone areas; Secondly, it sought to analyse spatial planning factors that define vulnerability attributes of households occupying flood prone areas. Finally, the study sought to perform a cluster analytical creation of a typology of households whose resilience to flooding could be enhanced through spatial planning. Twenty-five flood prone areas were analysed on the basis of four main flood vulnerability attributes. In order to identify such vulnerability attributes, the study borrowed critical insights from literatures on flood vulnerability, spatial planning and DRR. Such a critical review of literature was complemented by the use of pattern matching as a qualitative research instrument. Quantitative that was gathered using a structured observation checklist.
Quantitative data generated was first subjected to various statistical tests that included Normality and Reliability Tests. Common measures of Normality test used included measures of skewness, kurtosis and the use of Normal Q-Q plots. To assess flood vulnerability, Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) was used. HCA was used to identify clusters of flood prone areas which had common characteristics in terms of the four main study constructs proposed by the study which included the physical/engineering, socio-economic, ecological/natural and political or governance conditions characterizing each area. HCA was then used to identify main clusters exhibiting similar characteristics and the associated level of vulnerability of such of communities occupying such clusters.
Study results revealed 2 main clusters of flood prone areas whose differences lay in interactions that existed between the physical/engineering, socio-economic, ecological/natural and political or governance conditions characterizing each area. Such clusters depicted 2 levels of vulnerability that is high, and moderate. A number of opportunities and constraints were generated using the SWOT matrix strategy with the main results showing that spatial planning elements characterizing flood prone areas could be transformed into critical urban risk management options for DRR. This is because a spatial planning elements were found to have a direct influences on critical factors of DRR such as location of activities. The study concluded by recommending a number of spatial planning strategies that can be vaporized for DRR. Such strategies are systematically aligned to the unique vulnerability context conditions associated with the two flood vulnerability solution arrived at using HCA. / NRF
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Urbanisation and the development of informal settlements in the City of JohannesburgNgonyama, Hasani Lawrence 02 1900 (has links)
Urbanisation in South African cities is a worrying phenomenon. Cities such as the City of Johannesburg are faced with a severe housing backlog. This situation could be attributed to many issues such as lack of suitable land for housing, and the existence of informal settlements. This study has been undertaken to investigate whether the interventions implemented by City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality to eradicate informal settlements are effective in addressing challenges faced by informal settlement dwellers. In South Africa, informal settlement upgrading process is acknowledged as an effective means of eradicating informal settlements. In this regard, interventions to eradicate informal settlements require extensive research in order to have proposals for future policy interventions. This study has been also undertaken to make some recommendations that might resolve the challenges of informal settlements in the City of Johannesburg. / Public Administration & Management / M.P.A.
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Urbanisation and the development of informal settlements in the City of JohannesburgNgonyama, Hasani Lawrence 02 1900 (has links)
Urbanisation in South African cities is a worrying phenomenon. Cities such as the City of Johannesburg are faced with a severe housing backlog. This situation could be attributed to many issues such as lack of suitable land for housing, and the existence of informal settlements. This study has been undertaken to investigate whether the interventions implemented by City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality to eradicate informal settlements are effective in addressing challenges faced by informal settlement dwellers. In South Africa, informal settlement upgrading process is acknowledged as an effective means of eradicating informal settlements. In this regard, interventions to eradicate informal settlements require extensive research in order to have proposals for future policy interventions. This study has been also undertaken to make some recommendations that might resolve the challenges of informal settlements in the City of Johannesburg. / Public Administration and Management / M.A. (Public Administration)
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Urban conservation and urban spaces in post - 1994 South Africa : a case study in KwaDukuzaMthembu, Brian Mondli 05 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this research was to assess the condition of open spaces, community perceptions, benefits, threats and challenges faced by open spaces within KwaDukuza. The research is regarded as important within the context of threats posed by uncontrolled development to urban biodiversity. Primary and secondary documentary sources on open spaces in the study area were consulted. Data was gathered through the use of a questionnaire, with a sample of 100 respondents; observation; structured interviews with key respondents and discussions with focus groups. The research revealed a consistent pattern of threatened urban biodiversity when compared with other studies. The main finding was that the open spaces were under severe strain and threat in the area of KwaDukuza due to development. There was a noted lack of knowledge about key tools meant to safeguard the environment. The study concluded by recommending community participation, education and an open space policy framework for KwaDukuza. / Geography / M.A. (Geography)
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