Research Papers and Reports

Much of Isandla Institute's work relates to policy research and analysis and the presentation of knowledge and research findings in a manner that is appropriate for the topic and the intended target audience. Organisational products are posted online to maximize public access. In addition, some research reports originally prepared on commission but with a wider public interest and benefit are published here.

The Right to the City Dialogue Series Resources
- 2012
  - Exploring the potential of the 'Right to the City' to integrate the vision and practice of civil society in the struggle for the socio-spatial transformation of South African cities
- 2011
Local Governance
- 2012
- 2011
- 2008
  - Governance Summer School Report
    
    Isandla Institute
- 2007
  - Local Government and Provincial Policy Review: Local Economic Development - Lessons and policy gaps
    
    Christian Robinson
  - Local Government and Provincial Policy Review: Community participation and empowerment within the realm of local governance in South Africa
    
    Terence Smith
  - Local Government and Provincial Policy Review: Towards people-centred development - A review of local government efforts to mainstream crosscutting issues
    
    Mirjam van Donk
  - South African Local Governance: Ambitions, Experiences and Challenges
    
    Edgar Pieterse
  - Local Government and Provincial Policy Review: Critical issues for basic services
    
    Edgar Pieterse
  - Western Cape IDP Conference Report, 7-8 May 2007
    
    Isandla Institute
- 2006
  - Reflections on the design of post-apartheid system of (urban) local government
    
    Edgar Pieterse, Mirjam van Donk
- 2004
  - Untangling 'integration' in urban development policy debates
    
    Edgar Pieterse
  - Recasting Urban Integration and Fragmentation in Post - Apartheid South Africa
    
    Edgar Pieterse
- 2000
  - Transformation, Democracy and Development: New Spaces of Democratic Engagement
    
    Penny McKenzie and Edgar Pieterse
  - Participatory Urban Governance: Practical Approaches, Regional Trends and UMP Experiences
    
    Edgar Pieterse
- 1999
  - Municipal-Community Partnerships
    
    Peter Cranko, Firoz Khan
Urban Development
- 2012
  - Exploring the potential of the 'Right to the City' to integrate the vision and practice of civil society in the struggle for the socio-spatial transformation of South African cities
- 2011
  - From basic needs towards socio-spatial transformation: coming to grips with the 'Right to the City' for the urban poor in South Africa
    
    Tristan Gorgens, Mirjam van Donk
- 2009
  - Promoting Sustainable Urban Development Networking in African Cities - SUD‐Net Workshop Report
    
    Mirjam van Donk
- 2007
  - Rethinking Regional Development in the Western Cape
    
    Greg Clark, Phillip Dexter and Susan Parnell
  - Living on the Margins: Vulnerability, social exclusion and the state in the informal economy (Conference Report)
    
    Isandla Institute
- 2005
  - Cape Town 2025: Urban Form and Infrastructure
    
    Nisa Mammon
  - Cape Town 2025: A City of Sustainable Neighbourhoods
    
    Isandla Institute, Mark Swilling
  - Cape Town 2025: The Status of Cape Town - Development Overview
    
    Keith Smith
  - Cape Town 2025: Towards a Normative Approach to City Development - Concept note
    
    Isandla Institute
  - Cape Town 2025 Conference Report
    
    Isandla Institute
  - Cape Town 2025: Biography of Cape Town Research, 1990-2004
    
    G H Pirie
- 2004
  - Untangling 'integration' in urban development policy debates
    
    Edgar Pieterse
  - Recasting Urban Integration and Fragmentation in Post - Apartheid South Africa
    
    Edgar Pieterse
- 2002
  - The role of cities in poverty alleviation
    
    Isandla Institute
- 2001
  - The Habitat II Global Plan of Action and the Urban Challenge
    
    Isandla Institute
- 2000
  - Existing Municipality Initiatives in Manenberg
    
    Firoz Khan, Sarah Thurman
- 1999
  - Mainstreaming Poverty Reduction in the Cape Metropolitan Area
    
    Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse
  - Informalisation, Local Economic Development and Public Policy
    
    Isandla Institute
  - Key Performance Indicators: Poverty Indicators and the Seven Strategic Priorities of the City of Cape Town
    
    Isandla Institute
Urban Land and Housing
- 2012
  - Connecting the Dots between Settlement Functionality, Integrated and Incremental Upgrading and the Need for a Capacitated Network of Intermediary Organisations
  - Exploring the potential of the 'Right to the City' to integrate the vision and practice of civil society in the struggle for the socio-spatial transformation of South African cities
- 2011
  - Exploring the potential for 'networked spaces' to foster communities of practice during the participatory upgrading of informal settlements
    
    Tristan Gorgens, Mirjam van Donk
  - From basic needs towards socio-spatial transformation: coming to grips with the 'Right to the City' for the urban poor in South Africa
    
    Tristan Gorgens, Mirjam van Donk
- 2010
  - Making Urban Land and Space Matter: A Critique of the South African Approach to Urban Transformation
    
    Isandla Institute, Tristan Gorgens
  - Making Urban Land and Space Matter - A Position Statement
    
    Isandla Institute
  - Towards Facilitative and Pro-Poor Land Use Management in South African Urban Areas: Learning from International Experience
    
    Tristan Gorgens, Stuart Denoon-Stevens
  - Considering the potential of the social function of land to advance an integrated approach to urban land use and spatial planning
    
    Tristan Gorgens
  - Whither the urban land question? Blockages, Opportunities and Advantages to Centring Urban Land Issues in the Search for 'The Right to the City'
    
    Tristan Gorgens
- 2009
  - Municipal Rates Policies and the Urban Poor
    
    Alison Hickey Tshangana
- 2008
  - Recognition and Enhancement of Socially Dominated Urban Land Markets
    
    Isandla Institute
- 2007
  - How The Poor Access Hold And Trade Land - Booklet
    
    Isandla Institute
  - Do Informal Land Markets Work for Poor People? An assessment of three metropolitan cities in South Africa - Synthesis Report
    
    Colin Marx
- 2004
  - The N2 Informal Settlement Upgrade: Lead-Pilot Project
    
    Firoz Khan
  - The Homeless People's Alliance: Purposive creation and ambiguated realities
    
    Firoz Khan, Edgar Pieterse
- 2001
  - Setting the Stage - Current Housing Policy and Debate in South Africa
    
    Firoz Khan, Sarah Thurman
HIV/AIDS in the City
- 2010
  - Sakha Ikamva Lethu Namhlanje: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Settlement Scenarios 2020
    
    David Schmidt
  - Building resilient settlements in a time of HIV/AIDS: A study of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro's informal settlement response
    
    Stacey-Leigh Joseph
  - Tackling Informality: Why HIV-AIDS Needs to be a Critical Component of Urban Development Policies
    
    Stacey-Leigh Joseph
  - Leadership in a time of AIDS
    
    Stacey-Leigh Joseph
- 2009
  - Local level responses to HIV/AIDS in South Africa
    
    Kevin Kelly, Mirjam van Donk
- 2008
  - Building 'Positive' Spaces: Sustainable Human Settlements in a Context of HIV/AIDS
    
    Stacey-Leigh Joseph, Mirjam van Donk
- 2007
- 2002
  - HIV/AIDS in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Area
    
    Mirjam van Donk
  - HIV/AIDS and Urban Poverty in South Africa
    
    Mirjam van Donk
Culture
- 2008
  - Culture and the right to the city: Diversity in the cultural ecology of Cape town
    
    Zayd Minty
Civil Society
- 2012
  - Connecting the Dots between Settlement Functionality, Integrated and Incremental Upgrading and the Need for a Capacitated Network of Intermediary Organisations
  - Exploring the potential of the 'Right to the City' to integrate the vision and practice of civil society in the struggle for the socio-spatial transformation of South African cities
- 2011
  - Taking stock at the crossroads: reflecting on the role of the NGO sector in enabling and supporting participatory local governance in a time of 'crisis'
    
    Tristan Gorgens, Mirjam van Donk
- 2004
  - The Homeless People's Alliance: Purposive creation and ambiguated realities
    
    Firoz Khan, Edgar Pieterse
- 2002
  - Political Opportunity Structures of Urban Social Movements in South Africa
    
    Sophie Oldfield, Edgar Pieterse
  - Capacity Building for Poverty Eradication.
    
    Edgar Pieterse, Mirjam van Donk
- 2000
  - Towards a national anti-poverty agenda for civil society
    
    Isandla Institute

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