Mark Oranje
Biographic Data
| ID | 6310843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Oranje |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Oranje |
| SIGNATURE | ORANJE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4844-4025 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Challenging Times and Planning
Planning was born in and of crisis. Given the multiple challenges facing the world, it may rightly be asked whether Planning would not be willing and able to assist in taking these on. In this short commentary, it is argued that the chances of this happening are slim, but not impossible, should a number of changes be made that put hope, belief, reason, and dream to collective task again
Rapid urbanisation to non-metropolitan urban South Africa
The 1938 Johannesburg ‘Town Planning Exhibition and Congress’
By the 1930s most of what would shape South Africa for the rest of the twentieth century had surfaced: rural dispossession, rapid urbanisation, segregation, mass unemployment, and dreadful housing conditions, coupled with industrialisation and rapid growth in a volatile political context (see Callinicos 1987, Davenport 1989, Oranje 1998). Yet, it was also the setting for a spurt of idealism – a belief that it was possible to grasp the challenges …
The post-1994 South African spatial planning system and Bill of Rights
With a new planning system taking shape, and a new Bill of Rights embodied in a transformative Constitution having been introduced in South Africa in 1994, this article grapples with the dual questions as to whether the new spatial planning system fits within the spirit of the Bill of Rights, and the Bill of Rights assists the new spatial planning system in the realisation of its objectives. As a prequel to the engagement with these questions, a …
South Africa’s City Regions
Some Similar and Some Other Scenes from the South
Rapid urbanisation to non-metropolitan urban South Africa
The post-1994 South African spatial planning system and Bill of Rights
With a new planning system taking shape, and a new Bill of Rights embodied in a transformative Constitution having been introduced in South Africa in 1994, this article grapples with the dual questions as to whether the new spatial planning system fits within the spirit of the Bill of Rights, and the Bill of Rights assists the new spatial planning system in the realisation of its objectives. As a prequel to the engagement with these questions, a …
Some Similar and Some Other Scenes from the South
South Africa’s City Regions
The post-1994 South African spatial planning system and Bill of Rights
With a new planning system taking shape, and a new Bill of Rights embodied in a transformative Constitution having been introduced in South Africa in 1994, this article grapples with the dual questions as to whether the new spatial planning system fits within the spirit of the Bill of Rights, and the Bill of Rights assists the new spatial planning system in the realisation of its objectives. As a prequel to the engagement with these questions, a …
The 1938 Johannesburg ‘Town Planning Exhibition and Congress’
By the 1930s most of what would shape South Africa for the rest of the twentieth century had surfaced: rural dispossession, rapid urbanisation, segregation, mass unemployment, and dreadful housing conditions, coupled with industrialisation and rapid growth in a volatile political context (see Callinicos 1987, Davenport 1989, Oranje 1998). Yet, it was also the setting for a spurt of idealism – a belief that it was possible to grasp the challenges …
Rapid urbanisation to non-metropolitan urban South Africa
Challenging Times and Planning
Planning was born in and of crisis. Given the multiple challenges facing the world, it may rightly be asked whether Planning would not be willing and able to assist in taking these on. In this short commentary, it is argued that the chances of this happening are slim, but not impossible, should a number of changes be made that put hope, belief, reason, and dream to collective task again
Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economics (3 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Urbanization (2 works)