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- Title
An Uneasy Match: Neoliberalism, Gentrification and Heritage Conservation in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa.
- Authors
Donaldson, Ronnie; Kotze, Nico; Visser, Gustav; Park, JinHee; Wally, Nermine; Zen, Janaina; Vieyra, Olola
- Abstract
It is increasingly argued that gentrification is incorporated into public policy and the by-product of a range of contemporary neoliberal urban development policies intent on attracting investment capital. However, gentrification can also be the unintended outcome of well-meaning urban policy frameworks, such as urban densification, inner-city regeneration and urban heritage conservation but with arguably negative consequences. Focusing on Cape Town, the argument of this paper is that one of the outcomes of a neoliberalist approach to urban regeneration in the city centre is the impact it has on conserving the living and built environment heritage of the historic Bo-Kaap district. The last remaining inner-city neighbourhood that has not yet gentrified appears to be succumbing to this process. The outcome is a neighbourhood which is in economic and social flux and challenging the coherence of this once 'indigenous' community.
- Subjects
CAPE Town (South Africa); SOUTH Africa; NEOLIBERALISM; NEOCONSERVATISM; PRESERVATION of cultural property; URBAN growth
- Publication
Urban Forum, 2013, Vol 24, Issue 2, p173
- ISSN
1015-3802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12132-012-9182-9