Densifying the City?

Edited by Margot Rubin, University of Cardiff, UK, Alison Todes, Philip Harrison and Alexandra Appelbaum, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

• Contents:SECTION A DENSIFICATION IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE1 Thinking density through selected international case cities 2Philip Harrison, Alison Todes, Margot Rubin and Alexandra Appelbaum2 Thinking densification from and through Johannesburg 17Alison Todes, Philip Harrison, Margot Rubin and Alexandra Appelbaum3 Density, informality and the urban premium 40Ivan Turok4 The challenges of planning and managing urban density in the city ofSão Paulo, Brazil 52Anderson Kazuo Nakano5 Successes and challenges of densification strategies in Curitiba, Brazil 63Garth Klein and Priscila Zanon6 Form, function, density: understanding the legacies of a century ofmodernist planning and urbanisation in Istanbul 73Murat Üçoğlu, K. Murat Güney and Roger Keil7 Densities in Delhi, India: evolution, process and policies 83PSN Rao8 Drivers of density change: the case of Beijing, China 93Philip Harrison and Yan Yang9 Vibrancy and instability: grappling with tension in the densificationtrajectory of Nairobi’s multi-storey tenement districts 103Marie Huchzermeyer10 Understanding density in unplanned and unregulated settlements ofperi-urban Africa: a case study of Maputo, Mozambique 114Paul Jenkins and Johan Mottelson11 Government policies and accelerating densification in Sydney 125Glen SearleSECTION B EXPERIENCING DENSIFICATION IN JOHANNESBURG12 Densification through intensification: sub-letting in the inner city ofJohannesburg 136Tanya Zack, Sarah Charlton, Rirhandzu Khoza, Kwena Letsoalo andChloé Malavolti13 Residential alienation or the right to the city? ‘Rooms’ and ‘spaces’ asa mode of densification in Johannesburg and Cape Town 147Kayla Brown and Simon Sizwe Mayson14 Densities, enclaves, and the daily lives of migrants in Johannesburg 159Khangelani Moyo15 Urban compounds: densifying bungalows in Johannesburg 168Kirsten Dörmann16 Densification processes in comparison: Alexandra and Marlboro South 179Lindsay Blair Howe17 Living with strangers: backyarding, density and intimacy in Johannesburg 190Margot Rubin and Sarah Charlton18 On the defensive: the residential strategies shaping densification inJohannesburg’s northern suburbs 202Alexandra Parker and Alexandra Appelbaum19 Three emerging medium-density housing types in Johannesburg:improving their spatial performance 213Lone Poulsen and Melinda SilvermanSECTION C DENSIFICATION THROUGH TRANSIT-ORIENTEDDEVELOPMENT: JOHANNESBURG’S CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM20 Densifying through TOD: international experience with BRT 225Sylvia Croese21 Implementing transit-oriented development in Sandton Central:ambitions and realities 235Miriam Maina22 Density, access and public transport finance 246Sean Cooke, Roger Behrens and Mark Zuidgeest23 The politics of TOD: the case of Johannesburg’s Corridors of Freedom 256Philip Harrison and Margot Rubin24 Developers, density and the dreams of the Corridors of Freedom 266Kirsten Harrison and Alison Todes25 Proactive rezoning to promote inclusive densification 276Stuart Denoon-Stevens and Verna NelIndex 284

'Densification is increasingly positioned as vital to cities and the global urban future. This collection of cases, from across the urban world, offers an invaluable critique of the politics and geographies of densification, and provides a set of progressive routes forward.'--Colin McFarlane, Durham University, UK'Urban densification has long been one of those enduring ''wicked problems'' which has long perplexed urban planners and policy experts. By offering a balanced analysis that unpacks the costs and benefits of compact cities, the contributors critically engage with the reigning conventional wisdom that densification is a central ingredient for urban sustainability and smart growth.'--Martin J. Murray, University of Michigan, US