This Report is the product of a project attempting to design a framework which would better enabl... more This Report is the product of a project attempting to design a framework which would better enable the mainstreaming of gender and socio-cultural components in research on any global change phenomenon. I was the editor of the report and there were several contributors in terms of content.
Handbook of Research on Managing the Urban-Rural Divide Through an Inclusive Framework
The formation of settlements has changed over the past century and so has its categorization. Pre... more The formation of settlements has changed over the past century and so has its categorization. Previously, it was easy to categorize and differentiate rural areas from urban areas based on the morphology, economic activities, and the population concentration. However, upon deeper analysis, there is no standard method of classifying urban or rural. Research reveals settlements have merged to form larger regions. This chapter explores the transformation settlements from settlements to regions from a theoretical perspective. Furthermore, the study reviews settlement categorization in South Africa (1990-2020). The study found that the integration of rural and urban areas to municipal entities in South Africa has been riddled with challenges. As a result, many municipalities are dysfunctional. The chapter provides insight into the delimitation process and provides lessons for other countries.
Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport
There is evidence that rural areas are disadvantaged in mobility compared to urban areas. Hence, ... more There is evidence that rural areas are disadvantaged in mobility compared to urban areas. Hence, this study examined spatial variation in the travel pattern of households in urban and rural areas of Nigeria. This study used primary data obtained through questionnaire administration on household heads in the residential zones of both urban and rural areas studied, using the multi-stage sampling technique. Findings revealed that variations exist for age, education level, income level, and occupation in urban and rural areas, and household's average daily mean trip frequency showed a level of fewer trips being generated in the rural area than those in the urban area. Furthermore, the result of the stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that transport mode, household size, number of workers in the house, and occupation of household head were significant variables influencing trip making in urban areas while age, household size, the income of household head and number of employ...
This paper provides an overview of the experiences of the people’s housing process(PHP)in South A... more This paper provides an overview of the experiences of the people’s housing process(PHP)in South Africa. This is done against the backdrop of mixed outcomes of the government public housing provision initiative, commonly known as the Reconstruction and Development Programme(RDP)that directly produced more than three million subsidized or rather free housing to formerly segregated and disadvantaged black, coloured and Indian populations. Notwithstanding the huge success in providing the much needed accommodation to the previously homeless households, the over-reliance on direct provision has rendered other approaches such as the PHP ostensibly insignificant and less impactful. Besides, the RDP has also started to show clear a sign of distress as the country is increasingly facing financial difficulties and the fiscal space to continue providing free houses. Although successful in some respects, the RDP has not fared well in terms of providing quality and well located houses. Even the quantities of houses delivered have not managed to reduce the backlogs substantially. This article recommends improved support to the PHP through the adoption of innovations that make land and minimal infrastructure available to the urban poor and supporting their initiatives in self-building and control in their housing provision strategies
Abstract: Build-to-Rent is an emerging long-term housing asset class and alternative housing prod... more Abstract: Build-to-Rent is an emerging long-term housing asset class and alternative housing product that is gaining popularity in the Europe, North America and Australia. Build-to-Rent is a high-end, long-term residential rental product, built and operated by specialist developers for a single institutional owner. This paper uses a summative content analysis approach to identify key stakeholders out of which a framework for the adoption of Build-to- Rent for the middle-income housing market in Johannesburg, South Africa is developed. The model is based on collaborative planning and systems dynamics approaches. A literature review of existing legislative and policy documents forms the basis of a key stakeholders’ register within South Africa’s existing institutional and legislative frameworks. This is followed by the proposal of the Collaborative-Integrated Operational Framework (CIOF) which may be adopted in order to mainstream Build-to-Rent in the Johannesburg housing sector. The ...
World cities have, over the past several decades, been experiencing wide-ranging and sustained ad... more World cities have, over the past several decades, been experiencing wide-ranging and sustained advances in production processes, as well as improvement in consumption and standards of living. Related to these developments has been the rise in population, giving rise in turn to new challenges. Among them is increased solid waste (SW) generation. The African continent, just like other developing continents, such as Latin America and Asia, has been greatly affected by rapid urban population growth, particularly during the nineteenth century, causing unprecedented demand on municipalities to provide services such as waste collection, transportation, treatment and disposal.1 These sentiments are echoed by various scholars, who posit that African cities have continued to experience rapid growth, both physical and demographic, which can be directly linked to modernisation and globalisation processes. This has placed many local authorities under immense pressure to provide an efficient and ...
The integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning is be... more The integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning is becoming almost obligatory given the imperatives of education in many countries in the world. All teachers have a challenging job, but integrating the tools for ICT in ...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its member countries are potentially vulner... more The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its member countries are potentially vulnerable to external disturbances, including environmental, economic, and social shocks. Regional policy emphasizes interventions to ensure long-term growth and development in the face of potential disturbance. Current emphasis is placed on mitigating the impact of climate change, including the creation of the SADC Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan. However, the need for long-term adaptation and associated policy is evident to reduce regional vulnerabilities. Research is an important source of evidence to support policymaking, with specific importance to institutions in developing regions such as the SADC and during times of global change and disruption. SADC development policy related to resilience outcomes ought to be informed by research. This paper investigates the extent to which existing research supports regional resilience policymaking. Objectives include investigating availabl...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unforeseen effects in public transport and the mobility of peop... more The COVID-19 pandemic has created unforeseen effects in public transport and the mobility of people in cities globally. Johannesburg, being a developing city in one of the most affected countries in Africa during the pandemic, has experienced severe changes in traffic management and travel patterns as a result of the restrictions imposed on movement. Hence, this study examined the spatial variations in traffic during the pandemic. The study utilized data obtained from the TomTom Traffic Index for the city of Johannesburg from 2019 to 2021, with 2019 representing the period pre-COVID-19 with no lockdown restrictions, 2020 representing the period with restricted movement to limit spread of COVID-19, and 2021 representing a period of relaxed and minimized restrictions on movement. Our findings revealed that there was a variation in congestion levels between 2019–2021 with year 2020 having the least congestion from the beginning of the COVID-19 restrictions due to regulations enforced i...
Academic Libraries: Reflecting on Crisis, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Way Forward
While the inner city of Johannesburg in South Africa exhibits a considerable decline and disarray... more While the inner city of Johannesburg in South Africa exhibits a considerable decline and disarray, it is simultaneously a site attracting investment, infrastructural change, and growth. An enabling and democratic space for multistakeholder partnerships is therefore vital, particularly one that is inclusive, mutually benefitting, and reflecting local validity. Drawing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an analytical framework, the chapter explores the actions of a particular civil society organisation, the Makers Valley Partnership (MVP), that has established relations with several universities and entities to further sustainable development within Johannesburg’s inner city. In these endeavours, a systematic, participatory approach to enhance the coproduction of knowledge is advocated. The latter could address uneven power dynamics as evident in previous ways of working and thus help to attain the SDGs. With respect to collaborations between civil society and public libra...
This Report is the product of a project attempting to design a framework which would better enabl... more This Report is the product of a project attempting to design a framework which would better enable the mainstreaming of gender and socio-cultural components in research on any global change phenomenon. I was the editor of the report and there were several contributors in terms of content.
Handbook of Research on Managing the Urban-Rural Divide Through an Inclusive Framework
The formation of settlements has changed over the past century and so has its categorization. Pre... more The formation of settlements has changed over the past century and so has its categorization. Previously, it was easy to categorize and differentiate rural areas from urban areas based on the morphology, economic activities, and the population concentration. However, upon deeper analysis, there is no standard method of classifying urban or rural. Research reveals settlements have merged to form larger regions. This chapter explores the transformation settlements from settlements to regions from a theoretical perspective. Furthermore, the study reviews settlement categorization in South Africa (1990-2020). The study found that the integration of rural and urban areas to municipal entities in South Africa has been riddled with challenges. As a result, many municipalities are dysfunctional. The chapter provides insight into the delimitation process and provides lessons for other countries.
Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport
There is evidence that rural areas are disadvantaged in mobility compared to urban areas. Hence, ... more There is evidence that rural areas are disadvantaged in mobility compared to urban areas. Hence, this study examined spatial variation in the travel pattern of households in urban and rural areas of Nigeria. This study used primary data obtained through questionnaire administration on household heads in the residential zones of both urban and rural areas studied, using the multi-stage sampling technique. Findings revealed that variations exist for age, education level, income level, and occupation in urban and rural areas, and household's average daily mean trip frequency showed a level of fewer trips being generated in the rural area than those in the urban area. Furthermore, the result of the stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that transport mode, household size, number of workers in the house, and occupation of household head were significant variables influencing trip making in urban areas while age, household size, the income of household head and number of employ...
This paper provides an overview of the experiences of the people’s housing process(PHP)in South A... more This paper provides an overview of the experiences of the people’s housing process(PHP)in South Africa. This is done against the backdrop of mixed outcomes of the government public housing provision initiative, commonly known as the Reconstruction and Development Programme(RDP)that directly produced more than three million subsidized or rather free housing to formerly segregated and disadvantaged black, coloured and Indian populations. Notwithstanding the huge success in providing the much needed accommodation to the previously homeless households, the over-reliance on direct provision has rendered other approaches such as the PHP ostensibly insignificant and less impactful. Besides, the RDP has also started to show clear a sign of distress as the country is increasingly facing financial difficulties and the fiscal space to continue providing free houses. Although successful in some respects, the RDP has not fared well in terms of providing quality and well located houses. Even the quantities of houses delivered have not managed to reduce the backlogs substantially. This article recommends improved support to the PHP through the adoption of innovations that make land and minimal infrastructure available to the urban poor and supporting their initiatives in self-building and control in their housing provision strategies
Abstract: Build-to-Rent is an emerging long-term housing asset class and alternative housing prod... more Abstract: Build-to-Rent is an emerging long-term housing asset class and alternative housing product that is gaining popularity in the Europe, North America and Australia. Build-to-Rent is a high-end, long-term residential rental product, built and operated by specialist developers for a single institutional owner. This paper uses a summative content analysis approach to identify key stakeholders out of which a framework for the adoption of Build-to- Rent for the middle-income housing market in Johannesburg, South Africa is developed. The model is based on collaborative planning and systems dynamics approaches. A literature review of existing legislative and policy documents forms the basis of a key stakeholders’ register within South Africa’s existing institutional and legislative frameworks. This is followed by the proposal of the Collaborative-Integrated Operational Framework (CIOF) which may be adopted in order to mainstream Build-to-Rent in the Johannesburg housing sector. The ...
World cities have, over the past several decades, been experiencing wide-ranging and sustained ad... more World cities have, over the past several decades, been experiencing wide-ranging and sustained advances in production processes, as well as improvement in consumption and standards of living. Related to these developments has been the rise in population, giving rise in turn to new challenges. Among them is increased solid waste (SW) generation. The African continent, just like other developing continents, such as Latin America and Asia, has been greatly affected by rapid urban population growth, particularly during the nineteenth century, causing unprecedented demand on municipalities to provide services such as waste collection, transportation, treatment and disposal.1 These sentiments are echoed by various scholars, who posit that African cities have continued to experience rapid growth, both physical and demographic, which can be directly linked to modernisation and globalisation processes. This has placed many local authorities under immense pressure to provide an efficient and ...
The integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning is be... more The integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning is becoming almost obligatory given the imperatives of education in many countries in the world. All teachers have a challenging job, but integrating the tools for ICT in ...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its member countries are potentially vulner... more The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its member countries are potentially vulnerable to external disturbances, including environmental, economic, and social shocks. Regional policy emphasizes interventions to ensure long-term growth and development in the face of potential disturbance. Current emphasis is placed on mitigating the impact of climate change, including the creation of the SADC Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan. However, the need for long-term adaptation and associated policy is evident to reduce regional vulnerabilities. Research is an important source of evidence to support policymaking, with specific importance to institutions in developing regions such as the SADC and during times of global change and disruption. SADC development policy related to resilience outcomes ought to be informed by research. This paper investigates the extent to which existing research supports regional resilience policymaking. Objectives include investigating availabl...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unforeseen effects in public transport and the mobility of peop... more The COVID-19 pandemic has created unforeseen effects in public transport and the mobility of people in cities globally. Johannesburg, being a developing city in one of the most affected countries in Africa during the pandemic, has experienced severe changes in traffic management and travel patterns as a result of the restrictions imposed on movement. Hence, this study examined the spatial variations in traffic during the pandemic. The study utilized data obtained from the TomTom Traffic Index for the city of Johannesburg from 2019 to 2021, with 2019 representing the period pre-COVID-19 with no lockdown restrictions, 2020 representing the period with restricted movement to limit spread of COVID-19, and 2021 representing a period of relaxed and minimized restrictions on movement. Our findings revealed that there was a variation in congestion levels between 2019–2021 with year 2020 having the least congestion from the beginning of the COVID-19 restrictions due to regulations enforced i...
Academic Libraries: Reflecting on Crisis, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Way Forward
While the inner city of Johannesburg in South Africa exhibits a considerable decline and disarray... more While the inner city of Johannesburg in South Africa exhibits a considerable decline and disarray, it is simultaneously a site attracting investment, infrastructural change, and growth. An enabling and democratic space for multistakeholder partnerships is therefore vital, particularly one that is inclusive, mutually benefitting, and reflecting local validity. Drawing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an analytical framework, the chapter explores the actions of a particular civil society organisation, the Makers Valley Partnership (MVP), that has established relations with several universities and entities to further sustainable development within Johannesburg’s inner city. In these endeavours, a systematic, participatory approach to enhance the coproduction of knowledge is advocated. The latter could address uneven power dynamics as evident in previous ways of working and thus help to attain the SDGs. With respect to collaborations between civil society and public libra...
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