The Indifference of Transport: Comparative Research of “Infrastructural Ruins” in the Gauteng City-Region and Greater Maputo
States in the Global South have consistently invested in large-scale, vanity infrastructure projects, which are often not used by the majority of their residents. Using a mixed-method and comparative approach with findings from Greater Maputo, Mozambique, and the Gauteng City-Region exposes how inte...
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| author | Margot Rubin Lindsay Blair Howe Sarah Charlton Muhammed Suleman Anselmo Cani Lesego Tshuwa Alexandra Parker |
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| description | States in the Global South have consistently invested in large-scale, vanity infrastructure projects, which are often not used by the majority of their residents. Using a mixed-method and comparative approach with findings from Greater Maputo, Mozambique, and the Gauteng City-Region exposes how internationally-supported and expensive transport projects do not meet the needs of lower-income urban residents, and meanwhile, widespread, everyday modes of commuting such as trains, paratransit, and pathways for walking deteriorate. State-led development thus often generates an infrastructural landscape characterised by “ruin” and “indifference.” These choices are anachronistic, steeped in a desire for a modernist-inspired future and in establishing narratives of control. In the cases of Gauteng and Maputo, whether or not the infrastructure is “successfully” implemented, these choices have resulted in a distancing of the state from the majority of urban residents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24d18be4bc564ae790eebcb7b28f7b9d2023-12-26T11:32:25ZengCogitatioUrban Planning2183-76352023-12-018435136510.17645/up.v8i4.72643391The Indifference of Transport: Comparative Research of “Infrastructural Ruins” in the Gauteng City-Region and Greater MaputoMargot Rubin0Lindsay Blair Howe1Sarah Charlton2Muhammed Suleman3Anselmo Cani4Lesego Tshuwa5Alexandra Parker6School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK / SARCHI Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaInstitute of Architecture and Planning, University of Liechtenstein, LiechtensteinSchool of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaSchool of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaFaculty of Architecture, Eduardo Mondlane University, MozambiqueAfrican Mayoral Leadership Initiative, University of Cape Town, South AfricaThe Institute for Voluntary Action Research, UKStates in the Global South have consistently invested in large-scale, vanity infrastructure projects, which are often not used by the majority of their residents. Using a mixed-method and comparative approach with findings from Greater Maputo, Mozambique, and the Gauteng City-Region exposes how internationally-supported and expensive transport projects do not meet the needs of lower-income urban residents, and meanwhile, widespread, everyday modes of commuting such as trains, paratransit, and pathways for walking deteriorate. State-led development thus often generates an infrastructural landscape characterised by “ruin” and “indifference.” These choices are anachronistic, steeped in a desire for a modernist-inspired future and in establishing narratives of control. In the cases of Gauteng and Maputo, whether or not the infrastructure is “successfully” implemented, these choices have resulted in a distancing of the state from the majority of urban residents.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/7264gautenginfrastructural ruinsmaputomozambiquesouth africatransport infrastructure |
| spellingShingle | Margot Rubin Lindsay Blair Howe Sarah Charlton Muhammed Suleman Anselmo Cani Lesego Tshuwa Alexandra Parker The Indifference of Transport: Comparative Research of “Infrastructural Ruins” in the Gauteng City-Region and Greater Maputo Urban Planning gauteng infrastructural ruins maputo mozambique south africa transport infrastructure |
| title | The Indifference of Transport: Comparative Research of “Infrastructural Ruins” in the Gauteng City-Region and Greater Maputo |
| title_full | The Indifference of Transport: Comparative Research of “Infrastructural Ruins” in the Gauteng City-Region and Greater Maputo |
| title_fullStr | The Indifference of Transport: Comparative Research of “Infrastructural Ruins” in the Gauteng City-Region and Greater Maputo |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Indifference of Transport: Comparative Research of “Infrastructural Ruins” in the Gauteng City-Region and Greater Maputo |
| title_short | The Indifference of Transport: Comparative Research of “Infrastructural Ruins” in the Gauteng City-Region and Greater Maputo |
| title_sort | indifference of transport comparative research of infrastructural ruins in the gauteng city region and greater maputo |
| topic | gauteng infrastructural ruins maputo mozambique south africa transport infrastructure |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/7264 |
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