Planning for Economic Development in a Secondary City? Trends, Pitfalls and Alternatives for Mangaung, South Africa

• Autorzy: Lochner Marais , Deidre Van Rooyen , Molefi Lenka , Jan Cloete
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper examines Mangaung's economic development initiatives against the background of the latest literature on secondary cities, with a specific emphasis on the 20-year period that has elapsed since the dawn of the postapartheid era. Although some of the plans aim to reverse apartheid planning it is argued that these plans are being hampered by the fact that they tend to focus on a local "buzz" option, and run counter to historical pathways for the city. Moreover, they do not take the value of an increasing knowledge economy into account, and they fail to contextualise the city's development and future prospects in terms of its regional role. The paper identifies a number of pathways that build on history and include options for ensuring active participation in an increasing knowledge economy. Our contention is that the regional role of the city remains one of the key assets with a view to building future economic development pathways. Finally, a number of research themes are identified. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

City development; Economic development; Economic planning

PL

Rozwój miasta; Rozwój gospodarczy; Planowanie gospodarcze

• Czasopismo: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
• Rocznik: 2014
• Numer: No. 26
• Strony: 203--217

Twórcy

autor

Lochner Marais

• University of the Free State, South Africa

autor

Deidre Van Rooyen

• University of the Free State, South Africa

autor

Molefi Lenka

• University of the Free State, South Africa

autor

Jan Cloete

• University of the Free State, South Africa

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/bog-2014-0054