State of the Cities Report

South African cities are under the national and international spotlight again. Community protests over service delivery, disputes about councillor selection, mismanagement and underspending of municipal budgets, and recurrent billing problems have attracted growing public concern. Yet cities have also been fêted for rekindling a spirit of national unity during 2010, delivering world-class transport schemes and leading the economy out of recession.

The Economy of Cities
The Built Environment
Cities as life-supporting systems
City Governance
The Financial State of the Cities

Download “Towards Resilient Cities” on the South African Cities Network website

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