SPATIAL PLANNING CITY OFTRANSFORMATION JOHANNESBURG Metropolitan Municipality Gauteng

& SPATIAL PLANNING CITY OFTRANSFORMATION JOHANNESBURG Metropolitan Municipality Gauteng SOUTH AFRICA SINGAPORE UN HABITAT INTERNATIONAL LEADERS IN URBAN GOVERNANCE PROGRAMME AUGUST 2018 1

CITY TRANSFORMATION & SPATIAL PLANNING Urban Challenge: Infrastructure Prioritisation and funding Moving from an Inverted Polycentric Model… To Compact Polycentric Model • • Characterised by apartheid Spatial Planning. The City has multiple infrastructure and developmental needs Finite capital budget (Demand vs Budget) Corridors, Inner Regeneration , Deprivation areas and other political needs. 2

CITY TRANSFORMATION & SPATIAL PLANNING KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE PROGRAMME • Focus on one thing at a time • Singapore was able to identify projects that were a priority and needed to start with urgently. Needed not a prioritisation model Our Approach • Creating the Capital budget planning and prioritisation Model Interventions to explore • Obtain political buy-in • Gather various department and decide on what needs to be prioritised first (inner city regeneration /Corridors/ Deprivation areas? ) Taking the lead • Development Planning unit as the custodian of Capital budget Required expertise/ resource • None 3

CITY TRANSFORMATION & SPATIAL PLANNING KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE PROGRAMME FOR SLUMs Areas and concepts Slum eradication(Alexander) • River cleaning • Street-led citywide slum upgrading • These are housing programmes linked to SDG 11. • River issue- focus on polluters • Placing Housing at the center of planning • Different approach dealing with resistant slum dwellers. Interventions to explore • Street-led Citywide slum upgrading. Clear projects • Housing strategy • Priority slums (Informal Settlements) Taking the lead • Housing unit 4

CITY TRANSFORMATION & SPATIAL PLANNING Key takeaways from the programme Required expertise/ resource • • Expertise and resources coupled with a clear housing strategy Alternative funding For housing strategy= 24 months (procurement process) Slum eradication= dependent on land availability 5

CITY TRANSFORMATION & SPATIAL PLANNING THANK YOU City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality 10 th Floor, A Block, Metropolitan Centre, No 158 Civic Boulevard, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa http: //www. joburg. org. za/ 6