DEPARTMENT OF
COOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
Draft Integrated Urban Development
Framework(IUDF)
18 November2014
Modjadji Malahlela
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STRUCTURE OF THE PRESENTATION
1. Purpose
2. Background
3. Core elements of
the IUDF
4. The way-forward.
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1. PURPOSE
To present progress
on the draft IUDF :
(i) for noting
(ii) to receive
comments and
inputs on the
document.
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2. BACKGROUND
• The world is urbanizing rapidly. The global urban
population is expected to increase to 70% by
2015- Hence the 21st century is called the “Urban
Century”.
• Africa’s 40% urban population is expected to
double over the next 20 years.
• In SA, 63% of the population already live in urban
areas, and this figure is projected to increase to
70% by 2030.
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2. BACKGROUND
• The NDP : “The main challenge in planning for urban areas is to enable
job creation linked to sustainable livelihoods and to establish wellperforming human settlements. This should be at the heart of what
municipalities do and how they function”
• In response to the NDP, and to the UNHabitat’s recommendation for
countries to develop national urban policies, DCoG started developing
the IUDF in November 2012.
• The IUDF Discussion Document was launched in October 2013. It
provided the rationale for a policy focus on urbanisation, and opened
the debate amongst stakeholders.
• The IUDF aims to create a shared understanding across government
and society about how urbanisation should be better managed to
ensure liveable, resilient and inclusive settlement areas.
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The need for integrated urban development
• Economic imperative: High poverty in cities, yet cities
and towns can help to create jobs more cost-effectively due
to the efficiencies and potential they offer by virtue of their
scale, diversity and density of activity and population.
• Inclusion Imperative: the need to be more tolerant and
supportive of survival strategies of poor households
(informality).
• Spatial imperative: Reverse inefficient and exclusionary
practices, and spatial segregation in cities and towns.
• Institutional Imperative: Establish proper governance
systems and strengthen intergovernmental collaboration
to effectively manage urban areas.
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Intensifying public
protests and
diminishing trust on
the sphere and
elected leadership
Insufficient
intergovernmental
collaboration
frustrates
integration at local
level.
Rural-Urban
interdependencies
Increasing demand
for housing and
continued sprawl.
Pressures on
urban
governance
Demand for
serviced land
from private
developers
Stagnant or
shrinking revenue
versus demand for
services
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3. CORE ELEMENTS OF THE IUDF
VISION
STRATEGIC GOALS
LEVERS
Liveable, safe,
resourceefficient cities
and towns that
are socially
integrated,
economically
inclusive and
globally
competitive,
where residents
actively
participate in
urban life
Access
Growth
Integrated transport and
mobility
Integrated and sustainable
human settlements
Integrated urban
infrastructure
Governance
Spatial
transformation
Efficient land
governance and
management
Inclusive economic
development
Strategic priorities
Integrated Spatial Planning
Empowered active
communities
Effective urban
governance
P 32-86
Lever 1: Integrated Spatial Planning
The Challenges
• Lack of intergovernmental alignment of spatial
planning and poor coordination between sectors.
• Insufficient use of IGR mechanisms to direct
collaborative planning.
• Weak long-term planning inhibits sustained growth.
• Weak capabilities for spatially informed decisionmaking and the competent administration of plans.
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Integrated Spatial Planning
Objectives
Short-Medium Term
Long Term
• Spatial transformation
to reverse undesirable
settlement patterns.
Support the
implementation of the
SPLUMA
Expand instruments for
spatial intervention
•
Stable and predictable
conditions for
investment
• Clarity for govt
spheres on investment
requirements.
• Efficient development
approval processes
Improve integrated
planning and
management
Use IGR mechanisms for
planning coordination
Guide a more focused role
for Provinces
Strengthen
intergovernmental and
long-term planning
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Lever 2: Integrated Transport and mobility
The Challenges
• Roles and responsibilities not fully aligned as per the
National Land Transport Act (NLTA).
• Uneven and uncertainty at local level on subsidy
arrangements.
• Low densities and extensive sprawl of settlements
mitigate against efficiencies in transport planning.
• Historical
under-investment
in
transport
infrastructure has created resource stress in meeting
new demands.
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Integrated Transport and Mobility
Objectives
Short-Medium Term
• Enhanced mobility and Clarify roles and
connectivity.
responsibilities
(institutional
• Greater productivity
arrangements): NLTA
and employment, by
provisions
reducing the time and Strengthen and integrate
cost spent on travel
public transport modes
• Reduced emissions
and efficient use of
resources, as people
choose to use public
transport instead of
private cars.
Identify core public
transport nodes and
corridors
Long Term
• On-going private
investment and
consolidation along
key corridors and
nodes.
• Intensification of
efficiency and
emissions
requirements to
achieve significant
reductions
Develop an operational
subsidisation policy
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Lever 3: Integrated and sustainable human
settlements
The Challenges
• Escalating demand for serviced land and shelter
• Shortage of well located public land for housing
developments
• Skewed residential property market; and
• Prevalence of urban sprawl, growth of informal
settlements and low densities.
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Integrated sustainable human settlements
Objectives
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Short-Medium Term
Long Term
Improved quality of life
for all inhabitants who
have access to all basic
services.
Finalise the Human
Settlements White Paper.
Monitoring and review of
policies
Multi-functional spaces
with more housing and
economic choices.
Accelerate the upgrading of
informal settlements
Well-serviced, safe and
vibrant communities.
Prioritise the regeneration of
the inner cities.
Promote densification,
including supporting backyarding in townships
Provide more housing
options
Redevelop townships.
Develop a national policy on
inclusionary housing
Finalise the devolution of the
housing function to local
government
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Lever 4: Integrated urban infrastructure
The Challenges
• Fragmented governance and funding sources for
urban infrastructure.
• Lack of coherent local-level planning and delivery.
• Insufficient funding for new capital investments
and poor maintenance of existing infrastructure.
• Inadequate infrastructure linked to unreliable
services and conditions, constrains economic
growth.
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Integrated Urban Infrastructure
Objectives
•
Universal access to basic
social and other services,
which supports equality
and inclusivity.
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Environmental protection,
through reduced emissions
and protection of the
ecological resources.
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Sustained economic
growth.
Short-Medium Term
Long Term
Institutionalise municipal
long-term infrastructure
planning
•
Initiate plans for the
second phase of long-term
social and economic
infrastructure
development(SIPs)
•
Diversification of the
economic base, including
capacities required to
produce capital and
intermediary goods for the
infrastructure programme
and sub-Saharan Africa.
Consolidate and coordinate
infrastructure funding
Strengthen partnerships and
intergovernmental planning
and implementation on key
infrastructure
Develop infrastructure as a
bridge between rural and
urban areas
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Lever 5 : Efficient land governance and
management
The Challenges
• Disposal of state land at high, market-related value.
• Difficulties in accessing strategically located land
owned by SoEs and Govt, to effect built environment
plans for spatial transformation.
• Tenure uncertainty and security especially in informal
settlements.
• Slow land-use planning and management processes.
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Efficient land governance and management
Objectives
Short-Medium Term
Long Term
Address the
fragmentation in public
land information
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Municipalities able to
strengthen their revenue
base (mainly property
taxes and rates).
Consolidate and simplify
the legislation governing
the disposal of state land
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Improved access to land
and thus provide poor
people with access to
well-located land, close to
economic opportunities
and social amenities.
Ensure consistent
application of key
concepts
•
Sustainable urban form
(compact cities) and land
use.
Simplify land-use
planning and
management
•
Spatial transformation
and the creation of
inclusive cities.
Speed up land tenure
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Efficient land governance and management
Objectives
Short-Medium Term
Long Term
Address the fragmentation in
public land information
•
Municipalities able to
strengthen their revenue
base (mainly property
taxes and rates).
Address the impact of
Traditional Authority areas
within predominately urban
municipalities
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Improved access to land
and thus provide poor
people with access to
well-located land, close to
economic opportunities
and social amenities.
Improve municipal access to
SoE and state land
•
Sustainable urban form
(compact cities) and land
use.
Rethink the role of the HDA
•
Spatial transformation
and the creation of
inclusive cities.
Improve intergovernmental
relations for the acquisition
or transfer of state land
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Lever 6: Inclusive economic development
The Challenges
• Insufficient focus on economic development
neglected in many urban areas.
• Informal sector dismissed or marginalized.
• Lack of differentiation in response to unique
conditions faced by various towns and cities
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Inclusive economic development
Objectives
Short-Medium Term
Long Term
Build distinctive strengths
and extend/link regional
economic value chains
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The increase and
sustainability of
enterprises.
Strengthen the economic role
of municipalities
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People who have selfrespect and develop new
skills and social networks,
as they participate in
productive work.
Strengthen municipal
institutional capacity in
economic development
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Support municipalities with
building and using economic
intelligence
Communities that are
uplifted through improved
skills, services, and work
Initiate shared economic
and livelihood
development strategies for
opportunities.
cities
Elevated national living
standards, as economic
Strengthen support to the
benefits (and resources)
small and medium sized
spread out.
towns
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Inclusive economic development
Objectives
Short-Medium Term
Long Term
Build distinctive strengths
and extend/link regional
economic value chains
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The increase and
sustainability of
enterprises.
Create the local conditions
for supporting enterprise
development and growth
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People who have selfrespect and develop new
skills and social networks,
as they participate in
productive work.
Progressively improve
inclusive economic
infrastructure and services
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Communities that are
uplifted, through
improved skills, services,
and work and livelihood
opportunities.
Support community-based
enterprises and work:
Support urban livelihoods as
a core principle of inclusive
urban management
Elevated national living
standards, as economic
benefits (and resources)
spread out from cities and
towns.
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Lever 7: Empowered active communities
The Challenges
• Lack of adequate skills and experience to engage within
govt and civil society.
• Lack of innovative, co-produced solutions for service
delivery.
• Lack of understanding of govt structures and operations.
• Insufficient forums to promote participation and promote
social cohesion
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Empowered active communities
Objectives
Short-Medium Term
Long Term
An open-source database on
innovative practices in
neighbourhood
empowerment
Promoting the social
economy
•
Robust and sincere public
participation processes.
Complete the National
Framework on Participatory
Governance
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Remarkable innovation
and productivity.
Develop models for civic
education
•
Improved lives of people
and their physical
environment.
Establish and maintain
public participation forums
at various levels
Build institutional capacity to
engage
Explore co-production
mechanisms for finding
solutions to local
government services
Explore service delivery
mechanisms for other social
services
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Lever 8: Effective urban governance
The Challenges
• Lack of structured and systematic engagements with the
city leadership.
• Weak long-term planning and budgeting capabilities.
• Lack of appropriate skills and competent staff.
• Lack of differentiation in approach to growth and
development.
• Uneven intergovernmental engagement and negotiation
capabilities regarding execution of functional powers.
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Effective Urban Governance
Objectives
Short-Medium Term
Long Term
• Foster constructive
collaboration across
the intergovernmental
system.
Promote a stronger
positioning of metropolitan
municipalities
• Differentiation in
planning, fiscal
resources and for
built environment
powers and
functions.
• Fiscal and institutional
capacities able to meet
the demands of urban
growth.
Strengthen
intergovernmental and longterm planning and budgeting
Improve fiscal management
to meet the demands of
urban growth
Streamline support and
monitoring of municipal
performance
• Review of
legislation that
impact on
municipal
classifications,
boundaries
divisions of powers
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4. The Way Forward
• National, provincial and sector
consultations.
• Primary objective: Inputs and comments
on the proposals (adequacy and
relevance of the levers and strategic
priorities).
• Proposals for the implementation plan
(immediate, medium and long term).
• Discuss options for enforcement of the
policy framework.
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