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National planning in South Africa: A temporal perspective
This article aims to provide a temporal and critical perspective on national spatialplanning since the 1970s until the most recent directive in 2012. From the first spatialpolicy initiative, the National Physical Development Plan (1975), radical changes haveoccurred in the various approaches to national planning. The most recent spatialplanning directive in South Africa is the National Development Plan (2012), whichhas a diversified approach with political, social and economic goals. In the past fourdecades, national planning policy and directives have moved through balanced andunbalanced regional growth approaches. The top-down approach of the 1970s withrigid area-specific directives transformed into a bottom-up more adaptable, sociallyoriented and interpretation-based approach in recent years. In the process, SouthAfrica’s spatial policy has evolved from a policy dominated by political objectives in the1960s to a multi-sectoral policy which purports to be based only on economic principlesof a multi-sectoral free-market system; from one of strong government intervention toone of minor intervention. The general perception of this article is that only some of thesepolicies are substantially attributed to effective socio-economic development due tothe lack of spatially focused initiatives.
National planning in South Africa: A temporal perspective
This article aims to provide a temporal and critical perspective on national spatialplanning since the 1970s until the most recent directive in 2012. From the first spatialpolicy initiative, the National Physical Development Plan (1975), radical changes haveoccurred in the various approaches to national planning. The most recent spatialplanning directive in South Africa is the National Development Plan (2012), whichhas a diversified approach with political, social and economic goals. In the past fourdecades, national planning policy and directives have moved through balanced andunbalanced regional growth approaches. The top-down approach of the 1970s withrigid area-specific directives transformed into a bottom-up more adaptable, sociallyoriented and interpretation-based approach in recent years. In the process, SouthAfrica’s spatial policy has evolved from a policy dominated by political objectives in the1960s to a multi-sectoral policy which purports to be based only on economic principlesof a multi-sectoral free-market system; from one of strong government intervention toone of minor intervention. The general perception of this article is that only some of thesepolicies are substantially attributed to effective socio-economic development due tothe lack of spatially focused initiatives.
National planning in South Africa: A temporal perspective
Drewes, Ernst (author) / van Aswegen, Mariske (author)
2013-05-31
Town and Regional Planning; Vol. 62 (2013); 15-22 ; 2415-0495 ; 1012-280X
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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710
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