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Urban Transformation

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Explain the spatial transformation process of urban renewal in South African cities.

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Kyle van Heyde

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The purpose of this essay is to explain and further understand the spatial transformation of urban renewal in South Africa. Aspects of land use, gentrification, tourism as well as looking at both the public and private sectors in terms of urban renewal and the development of ideologies, will be assessed. Also assessing the negatives of urban development as well as the positives. Another aspect which will be touched upon is that of cultural gentrification and how the spatial transformation and urban development effects these cultures within society.
Land use
Land use in South Africa is split socially …show more content…

It is a for some a critical issue within Johannesburg, one of the critical issues are the privatization of public space which results in more business blocks and apartments changing the landscape of an area, also possibly attracting large corporations into area’s and thus removing smaller entrepreneurs within that district (Davies, 1981). The displacement of inner city poor which would lead to more and larger squatter camps with little or no health, electricity and water (Davies, 1981). Also the removal of the poor could boost the countries unemployment rate as poor people will need to now travel further for work but will however have no money for transport. This is however a critical view toward gentrification. However gentrification promotes job growth in both the renewal of these area’s as well as possible job employment in the secondary and tertiary sectors after gentrification has occurred (Davies, 1981). There is also possibility of economic growth within the business sectors as gentrification will allow for businesses to grow (Davies, 1981). An example of gentrification within Johannesburg is in Maboneng district, where during the 1990’s much of the middle-class moved to the northern suburbs. The middle class is now slowly moving back into the district and regenerating many of the warehouses and building which were once …show more content…

Urban tourism is a large aspect to increase urban renewal in an area as the development of hotels and tourist sites means then upgrading of areas to accommodate international tourism which most often attracts large numbers of middle to upper class people from other countries for events such as the world cup. This results in area’s being changed for urban development to accommodate the tourism (Rougeta, 2003). Also an increase in tourism often reflects positively in the economy and so increase the rate of infrastructure (Rougeta, 2003). The world cup was a large booster for urban development in South Africa due to the large increase in tourism which

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