Urban Planning in the Global South: Conflicting Rationalities in Contested Urban Space

Chapter 1. Introduction

Introduction to the book

Southern planning theory

Conflicting rationalities

Researching conflicting rationalities in Langa: The method

Voices from and within the state, voices from and within Langa

Chapter 2. Conflicting Rationalities and Southern Planning Theory

Introducing conflicting rationalities and southern planning theory

The southern turn in global scholarship

Why a 'Southern theorising project'?

Conflicting rationalities

Concluding on conflicting rationalities and southern planning theory

Chapter 3. African Cities: Planning Ambitions and Planning Realities

Introducing African cities and planning

Planning in the African context: Colonial footprints

Imported national planning legislation

African cities and planning

African urban interpretations

Looking forward - new African urban visions

Concluding on African cities and planning

Chapter 4. Struggles for Shelter and Survival in Post-Apartheid South African Cities: The Case of Langa

Introducing struggles for shelter and survival

South Africa and the negotiated transition to democracy

The development of new housing policy

Breaking New Ground

The N2 Gateway

A brief socio-spatial history of Langa and its place in Cape Town

Concluding on struggles for shelter and survival

Chapter 5. Voices From and Within the State

Introducing voices from and within the state

The N2 Gateway - a story in five episodes

Narratives within the state

Trustees and intermediaries

Concluding on voices from and within the state

Chapter 6. Conflicting Rationalities in the N2 Gateway Project: Voices from Langa

Introducing conflicting rationalities in Langa

Langa residents: borners and migrants

Langa narratives

Concluding on conflicting rationalities in Langa

Chapter 7. Implications for Southern Planning Theory and Practice

Introducing implications for southern planning theory and practice

Interrogating the concept of conflicting rationalities

The multiple voices within the State

The fragmented 'community'

Differentiated contestations over space, place and belonging

Frontiers of deep difference and the hydra of contestations

Concluding on implications for southern planning theory and practice

Chapter 8. Conclusion

Introducing the theoretical propositions

Why do megaprojects so often fail?

Developing planning theory and practice cognisant of divergent rationalities

Writing back to theory

Concluding on planning theory