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Title: | An investment strategy for effective town development in the Western Cape, South Africa |
Authors: | Van der Merwe, Izak Ferreira, Sanette Zietsman, Larry |
Year: | 2005 |
Periodical: | Urban Forum |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 295-312 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | urban development urban economy investment policy |
External link: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12132-005-0008-x |
Abstract: | The differential growth of towns and the concomitant decline of many settlements is an international phenomenon addressed in different ways. South Africa in general and the Western Cape Province in particular also experienced this trend for many decades. A survival strategy for the problematic towns is not apparent. Authorities ignored the problem when investment policy and development support of towns were at stake. However, a recent national policy document (National Spatial Development Perspective, NSDP, 2003) intends to address this situation by suggesting a system of differentiated government investment in towns with special development profiles. In order to implement such a policy it is necessary to ascertain which settlements possess sufficient growth potential and which have limited chances. These town profiles should lead to an investment typology as prescribed in the NSDP. The present paper presents an appropriate typology of 131 selected towns in the Western Cape, based on comprehensive development analysis, which can be utilized as guidelines for authorities in their future investment decisions. Response by Lochner Marais in: Urban Forum, vol. 17, no. 1 (2005), p. 79-88. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract] |