National planning in South Africa: a critical review

Drewes, Jörg E.; Aswegen, Mariske van

doi:10.2495/sdp130161

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“…For the country's informal settlement communities, the increasing rate at which these disaster events are occurring, and the implementation inadequacies of the country's disaster management policy, has heightened the vulnerability of disaster in these areas, whilst the country's capacity for disaster prevention and response has remained relatively weak throughout the postapartheid era. (Drewes and Aswegen, 2013). The NPC's report further developed a vision statement for 2030 and produced a development plan for how this vision can be achieved.…”

Section: Disaster Management In South Africa-policy and Reality In Th...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Disaster Management in South Africa’s Informal Settlements: Policy, Practice and Covid-19 Implications

Mntambo¹,

Adebayo²

2022

JICBE

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The rise of informal settlements in the global south during the latter part of the twentieth century led to the role of disaster management being recognized as a crucial aspect of urban planning. As a result of this, the United Nations called for all the world’s governments to develop and integrate proactive and preventative disaster management policies into their respective countries’ development plans while integrating informal settlements in their urban planning initiatives in a bid to create inclusive cities. South Africa, being one of the countries that are heavily impacted by informal settlements, was swift to embrace these international recommendations, especially from a policy making perspective. The implementation of these policies has however been overshadowed by lacklustre government performance with respect to reducing the disaster risks associated with informal settlements or the inclusion of these areas in urban development. (hazards and lack of services aggravating disaster vulnerability) This article, therefore, explores the policy-practice realities that have given birth to the challenges faced by South Africa’s post-apartheid disaster management initiatives, especially with regard to the disaster vulnerability of informal settlement dwellers. By assessing how international best practice recommendations have influenced the country’s disaster management policy, the article proceeds to analyse the implementation inadequacies that have induced the existing policy-practice disjuncture, and the resultant safety and socio-economic concerns that arise for the country’s informal settlement dwellers. Also, with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic triggering a state of national disaster in the country, the article analyses the aggravated vulnerability of contacting and spreading of the virus amongst informal settlement residents, along with the socio-economic implications that the national lockdown restrictions have had on these areas. The findings of this article suggest that, although South Africa’s disaster management policy and legislation has comprehensively developed the necessary guidelines for all the spheres of government to play their respective roles in the country’s disaster reduction and recovery initiatives, Information from the government’s databases suggests that the implementation of risk preventative disaster management approaches has been extremely sporadic in informal settlements, despite these areas accounting for 75 per cent of where the country’s disasters events take place. Findings also suggest that South Africa’s informal settlement dwellers have been the hardest hit by the Covid-19 disaster, intensifying the levels of exclusion in these areas.

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Section: Disaster Management In South Africa-policy and Reality In Th...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Disaster Management in South Africa’s Informal Settlements: Policy, Practice and Covid-19 Implications

Mntambo¹,

Adebayo²

2022

JICBE

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“…The evolutionary development of national development policies in South Africa provided two perspectives; pre-1990 focusing on economic growth and separate development and post-1990 focusing on social and political issues (Drewes and Van Aswegen, 2013). Post-1990, South Africa adopted various development policies in an effort to rebuild and transform the economy of the country after years of economic isolation.…”

Section: Regional Application: South Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional corridor model: Towards a regional corridor model

Brand

Drewes

2021

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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One of the key concepts underlying the science of spatial planning refers to the role of development corridors as a planning instrument to potentially restructure economic space. Although strong evidence exists that corridors are regarded as important spatial development instruments that channel economic development, counter-arguments indicate the need for more diversified strategies at regional and national levels, as well as a greater awareness of agglomeration economies to allow for the integration of corridors as strategic and supporting networks. Drawing on fundamental literature, a regional corridor model was developed with the aim to establish a spatial framework through which corridor development can be integrated as strategic and supporting networks to support the notion of ‘ sustainable spatial- and settlement planning’, i.e. the appropriate compilation and administration of policies affecting spatial organisation at local, regional and national levels. Based on the empirical research, regional and national governments could, through the RCM, develop a realistic spatial perspective on long-term settlement patterns and investment opportunities which could transform economic space development and seek to connect the potential of urban systems in economic development.

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“…This was reiterated in the recent Habitat III document, which places an even stronger emphasis on the supply of housing in a sustainable and integrated manner [20]. This implies a more sustainable location with the necessary ancillary services such as infrastructural and social amenities to support the community, with the desired effect of urban resilience [21]. This reflection on international policy and best practice formed the backdrop to a process whereby the mining industry agreed to a tripartite structure that approached service delivery in an exceptional manner.…”

Section: Sustainable Human Settlementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Various policy and legislative guidelines broadly referred to the prominence of mining villages [21]. The White Paper on the Energy Policy states that the structure of mining towns must be altered to integrate mineworkers into the local economy and to end the racial segregation of mineworkers [22].…”

Section: Sustainable Human Settlementsmentioning

confidence: 99%