Overview
- Employs both quantitative and qualitative analysis in a consideration of the past, present, and future for a holistic perspective
- Questions South Africa's development ideology and whether it meets the mandates of its citizenry through participatory and collaborative means
- Shows how spatial planning can be used as a tool in the South African context to mitigate inequality
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This volume presents a detailed synthesis of the historical, present-day and future state of service delivery in South Africa. The generation and distribution of services in any geographical space has been and is always a source of inequality in human society. Thus, in the context of spatial planning, space is the major factor through which distributive justice and sustainable development can be achieved. To examine the continuation of spatial inequality in service delivery, the authors employed both qualitative and quantitative research methods in a multi-pronged approach, utilizing empirical data from the Vembe District in Limpopo, data from the South African Index of Multiple Deprivation, and representative attitudinal data from the South African Social Attitudes Survey. Ultimately, this study examines spatial differences in living environments with a focus on the distribution of household services and discusses strategies to achieve spatial equality.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Creating the Stage for Interrogation
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The Masquerade of a ‘Rainbow Nation’
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Lovemore Chipungu, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment and Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and books, and his areas of interest are in housing policy, urban land and urban design.
Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha, PhD, is a renowned Senior Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. As a practitioner, academic and researcher, she takes an interdisciplinary approach in her analysis of issues in the built environment with a focus on urban agriculture, migration, and spatial inequality.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spatial Planning in Service Delivery
Book Subtitle: Towards Distributive Justice in South Africa
Authors: Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha, Lovemore Chipungu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19850-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19849-7Published: 24 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19852-7Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19850-3Published: 11 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 248
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Human Geography, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights