Tracking peri-urban changes in eThekwini Municipality – beyond the ‘poorrich’ dichotomy

S. Mbatha and K Mchunu

Urban Research & Practice, 2016, vol. 9, issue 3, 275-289

Abstract: Conceptualization of peri-urban has always been argued from the dichotomy between the ‘poor’ and ‘rich’ paradigms. Peri-urban literature is underpinned by the periphery vs. the urban core stratification. Prevailing consensus is that peri-urban represents deprivation, poverty, lack of access to services and infrastructure. This preoccupation with the negative conceptualisation of the peri-urban misses the opportunities brought by these peri-urban areas to city growth. The paper uses eThekwini as a case study by tracking peri-urban growth in Adams Mission between 2003 and 2013. Research findings reaffirm the peri-urban as an area of opportunity and dispel the widely accepted negative sentiments about peri-urban development.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2016.1143960

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