Land-Use Management to Support Sustainable Settlements in South Africa

Verna Nel, Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens, Stuart Denoon-Stevens

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780367639105
• eBook ISBN: 9781000983715
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Human Geography

This book provides a theoretical and practical foundation needed to change the practice of land use management in Southern Africa.

It presents an overview of alternative land use management system for South African municipalities that is economically, socially, and environmentally more sustainable than many of the land use schemes in effect at present. Land use management is a component of spatial governance that controls the nature and extent of development to prevent harmful impacts on people and the environment. As the current system with its colonial/modernist planning and regulatory mechanisms were never designed to deal with rapid change, urbanisation, and informality, a different form of land development and land use management is necessary. This timely book reflects the culmination of many years of practical experience and research into various aspects of land use management by the authors and studies undertaken by their master's and doctoral students. The book goes beyond an analysis of the problems and suggests concrete proposals that can be applied throughout Southern Africa based on a rural-to-urban transect.

This book is directed to a broad range of readers interested in spatial planning and land use management. It will be of interest to those in the fields of geography, urban studies, urban design, planning, and architecture.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Evolution of land use management
• 3 Planning theory and its applicability to the Global South
• 4 Why the current system is inadequate for the South African context
• 5 Principles and options for a land use management system to support sustainable and equitable settlements
• 6 A Southern approach to sustainable land use management
• 7 Conclusion
• Glossary
• Index