6 articles in this issue
Nancy Odendaal
THEMATIC REFLECTIONS ON THE RELEVANCE OF PLANNING EDUCATION IN AFRICA: AN INTRODUCTIONIt is now a well-established fact that the future in Africa is urban. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme predicts that the increase in urban population in de... see more
Nigel Tapela
Access to urban land and resources and the pervasiveness of informality are perhaps the main cross-cutting features defining contemporary urbanism in the South, where the urbanisation of poverty is not only acute but where there is an increasing... see more
Garth Klein, Neil Klug, Alison Todes
Infrastructure plays key roles in shaping the spatial form of the city at a macro- and a more local scale, and it influences the sustainability, efficiency and inclusiveness of cities and local areas. Linking infrastructure and spatial planning ... see more
Leke Oduwaye, Oluwafemi Olajide
To achieve sustainable development in any society the educational system must be responsive to the dynamics of that society. This article discusses issues on the level of training on informality in African planning schools with emphasis on the L... see more
Shuaib Lwasa
Cities in the sub-Saharan Africa region present challenges to the urban and regional planning profession, city managers, leaders, educationists and dwellers (Rakodi, 1997, 2001; McGill, 1988; Diaw, Nnkya & Watson, 2002). This is at a time when A... see more
Anneke Muller
Since 2002 Stellenbosch has offered a multidisciplinary Masters programme in Planning, Management and Practice of Sustainable Development (with a specialisation in development planning), offered mainly for working adult students. One of the challenges of ... see more