IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rjouxx/v12y2019i3p354-372.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Forces shaping urban morphology in Southern Africa Today: unequal interplay among people, practice and policy

Author

Listed:
  • Innocent Chirisa
  • Abraham Matamanda

Abstract

This article explores public participation and its impact on urban structures in Southern Africa. Often, public participation stands in opposition to existing legislation and prevailing urban policies. Using textual analysis and case studies of Harare, Zimbabwe, Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola, this study concludes that the urban fabric and structure of Southern African cities are in a state of instability. The rise of public participation–“right to the city”–has given way to “cities of rebels” in which citizens react or rebel against urban policies and legislation. These forces threaten sustainable urban morphology and service delivery, complicating the roles of urban planners and managers.

Suggested Citation

  • Innocent Chirisa & Abraham Matamanda, 2019. "Forces shaping urban morphology in Southern Africa Today: unequal interplay among people, practice and policy," Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(3), pages 354-372, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjouxx:v:12:y:2019:i:3:p:354-372
    DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2019.1626262
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/17549175.2019.1626262
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/17549175.2019.1626262?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Nkosingizwile Mazwi Mchunu & George Okechukwu Onatu & Trynos Gumbo, 2023. "The impact of Electricity Blackouts and poor infrastructure on the livelihood of residents and the local economy of City of Johannesburg, South Africa," Papers 2311.08929, arXiv.org.
    2. Matamanda, Abraham R. & Chinozvina, Queen L., 2020. "Driving Forces of Citizen Participation in Urban Development Practice in Harare, Zimbabwe," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rjouxx:v:12:y:2019:i:3:p:354-372. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/rjou20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.