Infrastructure for spatial development initiatives or for basic needs?

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2010

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Municipal Services Project, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, CA

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This detailed case study and comparison of the Coega Port and Industrial Development Zone with the city of Port Elizabeth (25 kilometers away) allows a variety of social, economic and ecological factors associated with resource utilisation to be considered. The contrast between the Spatial Development Initiative (SDI) approach and a development strategy based on meeting basic needs could not be greater. A basic needs infrastructure investment and cross-subsidization strategy would generate both human comfort and economic activity that transcends the current provision of municipal services. Coega is envisaged as a transport and industrial production node.

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URBAN DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, BASIC NEEDS, NEOLIBERALISM, RACISM, WATER MANAGEMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, APARTHEID, PUBLIC UTILITIES, HOUSING, POVERTY, ELECTRICITY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, PORTS, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/48388

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (GEHS) / Résultats de recherches (GESS)