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3RD SACN URBAN CONFERENCE – THE STATE OF SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES
24 – 25 November 2009


Background

Red Location KE View towards Entrance PortalBombarded with news reports about municipal service delivery protests, revenue crises, infrastructure decay, and corruption, it is easy to be despondent about the state of South African cities. With local government elections on the horizon, this is an opportune time to review empirical evidence of urban development and urban management outputs and results in the cities.

The South African Cities Network’s flagship knowledge generation project is State of the Cities reporting. The first State of the Cities Report was published in 2004 as part of the national 10-year review. A second edition was published in 2006 with an extended series of indicators and more detailed analysis of city performance. Since then, the SACN has prepared ‘state of’ reports on strategically important sectors, including: Municipal finance, EPWP and Land use management.

The SACN intends to publish the 3rd edition of the State of the Cities Report (SoCR3) in October 2010, and preliminary research and analysis has been done. This Urban Development Conference will give participants the opportunity to review emerging data and analysis, and discuss the findings.

Purpose
The purpose of this conference is to:

  • Further develop our common understanding of the state of urban settlements in South Africa
  • Promote knowledge sharing on urban development and urban management strategies and practices between the SACN member cities
  • Raise awareness of urban development priorities

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