Urban Planning in the Global South
Conflicting Rationalities in Contested Urban Space
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, Reference & Language, Reference, Social Science
| Author: | Richard de Satgé, Vanessa Watson | ISBN: | 9783319694962 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | March 8, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Richard de Satgé, Vanessa Watson |
| ISBN: | 9783319694962 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | March 8, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book addresses the on-going crisis of informality in rapidly growing cities of the global South. The authors offer a Southern perspective on planning theory, explaining how the concept of conflicting rationalities complements and expands upon a theoretical tradition which still primarily speaks to global ‘Northern’ audiences. De Satgé and Watson posit that a significant change is needed in the makeup of urban planning theory and practice – requiring an understanding of the ‘conflict of rationalities’ between state planning and those struggling to survive in urban informal settlements – for social conditions to improve in the global South. Ethnography, as illustrated in the book’s case study – Langa, a township in Cape Town, South Africa – is used to arrive at this conclusion. The authors are thus able to demonstrate how power and conflict between the ambitions of state planners and shack-dwellers, attempting to survive in a resource-poor context, have permeated and shaped all state–society engagement in this planning process.
This book addresses the on-going crisis of informality in rapidly growing cities of the global South. The authors offer a Southern perspective on planning theory, explaining how the concept of conflicting rationalities complements and expands upon a theoretical tradition which still primarily speaks to global ‘Northern’ audiences. De Satgé and Watson posit that a significant change is needed in the makeup of urban planning theory and practice – requiring an understanding of the ‘conflict of rationalities’ between state planning and those struggling to survive in urban informal settlements – for social conditions to improve in the global South. Ethnography, as illustrated in the book’s case study – Langa, a township in Cape Town, South Africa – is used to arrive at this conclusion. The authors are thus able to demonstrate how power and conflict between the ambitions of state planners and shack-dwellers, attempting to survive in a resource-poor context, have permeated and shaped all state–society engagement in this planning process.
