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    Small-scale Private Rental in South Africa

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    Small-scale private rental is an international phenomenon, and is not unique to South Africa. This sub-sector is generally one of the most successful, efficient and pervasive accommodation delivery systems in South Africa. Of the 2.4-million South African households that rent their primary accommodation, 850 000 (35%) occupy small-scale private rental units.
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    Strategies to help poor people access urban land markets

    2011
    City planners mostly agree that poor people need to be better located in cities to improve their access to social amenities and economic opportunities. Living, trading or producing goods on better located land also gives people access to markets, which improves the potential for sustainable poverty alleviation.
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    Restructuring the township physical environment

    Urban LandMark, 2009
    Townships form an integral part of the South African urban system. The typical city or town contains a mix of the following elements:
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    Unlocking township markets

    Urban LandMark, 2009
    It is essential to consider township markets when planning for renewal and economic development. Planners and practitioners need to be aware of how interventions will affect different markets. This module within the township renewal sourcebook discusses economic development in townships and highlights the interlinked markets that operate within this setting.
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    Introducing the township renewal challenge

    Urban LandMark, 2009
    The purpose of this module within the township renewal sourcebook is to outline a broad understanding of the main challenges in township renewal, and the developmental outcomes that can be targeted in this context. Given the complex and varied nature of developmental challenges in South African townships, this module focuses on key problems and highlights a systematic approach to renewal.
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    Partnership models for accountability and monitoring in municipal programmes

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    A strong theme in this study is that it is better to be proactively accountable and to practice open democracy than face protests and civil disobedience. The study uses examples from a number of African countries, including South Africa, as opportunities for township and local government practitioners to gain new ideas and learn about what can be done and how.
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    Creating and capturing value around transport nodes

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    Infrastructure, and transport infrastructure in particular, can add significant value to land. Transport infrastructure is most often funded from the public purse, yet very often it is local landowners, project developers and property investors who profit most from such investments.
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    Partnerships for development: Bakubung-Ba-Ratheo and Wesizwe Platinum case study

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    The Bakubung-Ba-Ratheo and Wesizwe Platinum case study is about a unique partnership. It is the first time in South Africa that a mining company initiated a partnership with a community based on the community owning shares in the company.
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    Operations and management of township nodal developments: Khayelitsha Business District case study

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    Khayelitsha is a typical South African apartheid urban area, situated away from Cape Town’s affluent areas, geographically isolated, and located with other similar places in a ‘poverty zone’ between a bleak section of the False Bay coastline and the N2 corridor. The Khayelitsha Business District (KBD) development is one of the first cases of its kind in South Africa.
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    Township regeneration in small towns: a case study

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    Small towns have an important role to play in rural development. There is renewed national discussion about the ways in which municipalities can promote and facilitate small town development. These include integrating the regeneration of previously marginalised township areas with broader development plans for small towns.

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