Landscapes of peripheral and displaced urbanism
GCRO Research Report 14 focuses on the peripheral and historically displaced areas in the northern Gauteng City-Region. This comprehensive 8 chapter report focuses on the following: the GCR’s changing peripheral and displaced landscapes in relation to its urban cores; the landscape idea, and its peripheral and displaced landscape forms; 'writing peripheral areas' – placing the idea of the periphery in global debates; data on 9 case study areas that illustrate the socio-economic complexity of peripheral spaces; the making of the historical Rustenburg landscape; the remaking of contemporary Rustenburg landscapes; mobility for spatial- and self-development in the former KwaNdebele bantustan; and land occupation strategies in the informal settlements of Mabopane and KwaMhlanga.
Date of publication:
March 2025
