Informal trading is an integral part of the city of Johannesburg’s identity.
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Ethiopian migrants in Johannesburg have reused buildings, densified commercial space and developed networks.
Johannesburg’s inner city has seen a surge in creative hub development, driven by artists with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Rezoning to mixed-use residential development drove small manufacturers and creative producers out of the inner city. The result is less diversity of land uses, jobs and services where we most want it.
The inner cities of Australia’s major state capitals are failing to meet the needs of families in terms of space, amenities and affordability.
Kebab vans symbolise the success of ‘bottom-up’ multiculturalism, providing a way for the non-European cultural ‘other’ to become part of our way of life.
Political street protests and even the more playful flash mobs have the power to not only disrupt flows of traffic but also assumptions about norms of behaviour in public spaces.
It’s a project that creates benefits for Melbourne’s western suburbs and the state as a whole. But the inner-city elite don’t like it and recent experience suggests their opinion holds sway.
Taking stock of modernist buildings and their potential for reuse is a necessary public project in Johannesburg. A new book that tells the stories of reuse in this African metropolis can help do that.
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Visiting senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Victoria University
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Associate professor of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Director of Urban Planning & Design, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor at Aix-Marseille University, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
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Senior Researcher, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
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Graduate student of master of urban and regional planning, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Cultural Economy, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
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Research Officer, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Australian Laureate Fellow, University of Sydney
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