- 1. Latterday South African spatial planning and problem solving initiatives against a globalization backdrop and the redrawing of boundaries.   43 kb by    Boshoff, Brian | boshoffb@archplan.wits.ac.za    Short Outline SA now has new “spheres” instead of levels of government and new forms of regional planning in the form of “Integrated Development Plans” (IDPs), and “Spatial Development Initiatives” (SDIs). Against the backdrop of the pervasive influence of globalization, this paper addresses these issues and particularly examines spatial planning and problem solving over boundaries. But it also examines problems in boundaries, given that the SA’s demarcation board has redrawn many municipal and other boundaries, and many localities are now left reasonably “defenceless” in terms of development initiatives and capabilities. A case study of the Coast to Coast/Maputo Development Corridor and associated IDPs is undertaken and should provide congress participants with insight into latterday SA regional development problem solving initiatives in the context of globalization and shifting boundaries Abstract Abstract #2 South Africa: Problem Solving Over Boundaries Or In Boundaries? South Africa (SA) has moved considerably beyond the form of regional planning in the apartheid era, which employed and growth pole theory and an industrial decentralization to effect racial and economic segregation. Now the country has new “spheres” instead of levels of government and new forms of regional planning in the form of “Integrated Development Plans” (IDPs), and “Spatial Development Initiatives” (SDIs). The former are intended to be holistic, multi sectoral plans containing both a spatial development framework as well as expenditure priorities and projects for implementation. SDIs in turn, are corridor-wide initiatives which are supposed to unlock economic potential and facilitate new investment and job creation in a localized area or region. Also, they are intended to catalyze private sector investment. SDIs such as the Coast to Coast/Maputo Development Corridor and the Lubombo SDI, straddle international boundaries as well. Against the backdrop of the pervasive influence of globalization, this paper addresses these issues and particularly examines spatial planning and problem solving over boundaries. But it also examines problems in boundaries, given that the SA’s demarcation board has redrawn many municipal and other boundaries, and many localities are now left reasonably “defenceless” in terms of development initiatives and capabilities. A case study of the Coast to Coast/Maputo Development Corridor and associated IDPs is undertaken and should provide congress participants with insight into latterday SA regional development problem solving initiatives in the context of globalization and shifting boundaries. “Eligibility Answers” 1. Latterday South African spatial planning and problem solving initiatives against a globalization backdrop and the redrawing of boundaries. 2. My Masters dissertation was on regional development in SA and this study area is an ongoing research focus. In addition I am supervising students working in this area. 3. The paper should provide with insight into latterday SA regional development problem solving initiatives in the context of globalization and shifting boundaries. It highlights some of the challenges faced with respect to globalization and both intra - and international boundaries. Brian Boshoff Senior Lecturer School of Architecture and Planning Private Bag 3 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050 Phone 27 (11) 717 7708/03 Fax 27 (11) 403 2519 Cell 27 073 267 7176 Keywords Boundaries development globalization Case Study presented on the ISOCARP Congress 2003: Planning in a more globalized World   Click to open the full paper as pdf document   Click to send an email to the author(s) of this paper