Originally published in 1986. This book focusses on a critical analysis of regional development strategy in South Africa, and shifts over time in that strategy. Regional development theory and thinking about settlement policy have developed largely independently of each other. This book clarifies some of the resulting confusion and points towards a greater integration of the two areas of understanding. The book provides an overview of shifts which occurred in national and regional development theory and the broader social, economic and political factors which influenced these shifts. It identifies the major policy implications of the various development approaches, with particular emphasis placed on the role of settlement policy. The differences between policy approaches and the debates surrounding them are identified and discussed.

Regional Development and Settlement Policy: Premises and Prospects

Politics & Social Sciences

Dewar, David

Watson, Vanessa

Todes, Alison

Social Sciences

Unwin Hyman

The core theme of the book is the importance of an independent state audit to ensure that the Executive is held accountable to Parliament. Instilling effective financial control and accountability for the use of public funds and the proper conduct of public business has been an incremental process that has taken centuries. This book provides a detailed history of the forces and personalities involved in the development of public sector audit, including the battles which extended well into the 20th century to establish a public sector audit that was constitutionally and in practice independent from the influence and control of the Executive. It identifies key themes that have emerged and re-emerged in these developments, and the challenges and obstacles faced and overcome over the years to arrive at today's modern audit framework and to establish current principles and practice in accountability to Parliament and the public. The book charts the movement of public sector audit from a focus on the presentation and accuracy of accounts to the introduction of the added dimension of ensuring that funds are spent only for purposes approved by Parliament and that resources have been used efficiently, effectively and with economy. It explores the seminal relationships of the NAO and its predecessors with the Treasury, spending departments and the Public Accounts Committee; and it deals with the impact of major changes still taking place in the objectives, management and delivery of government programmes and services, including the growing involvement of outside agencies and the private sector. The book reviews the NAO's current achievements, continuing challenges, developments in the range and nature of its work, and future priorities. Importantly, it provides an authoritative source of reference for professionals and academics, while remaining accessible to readers with a more general interest in the developments and issues examined.

The Pursuit of Accountability: A History of the National Audit Office

Business & Money

Funnell, Warwick

Biography & History

Oxford University Press

Presents facts about biology, chemistry, physics, geology, and mathematics

The Addison-Wesley Science Handbook (Helix Books)

Science & Math

Coleman, Gordon J.

Reference

Addison-Wesley Pub., Co

Based on experience of observing urban markets in several continents, the authors combine a discussion of the theory surrounding the creation of urban markets with practical hints on how to establish and run them. This book should be of interest to advanced students and teachers in development studies, retailing, geography and business studies.

Urban Markets: Developing Informal Retailing

Management & Leadership

Routledge

For the last seven decades, urban settlement policy worldwide has been increasingly dominated by modernist precepts and by urban decisions made in discipline-specific ’silos’. The urban management consequences have been invariably negative, with increasing sprawl, fragmentation and separation resulting in a wide range of environmental, social and economic problems. This book explores the role of movement in a more integrated approach to urban settlement, and how thinking, policies and actions need to change. South Africa is used as a particularly good case study, since patterns of sprawl, fragmentation and separation have been exacerbated by apartheid, while recent legislation has demanded a reversal of these tendencies.

Rethinking Urban Transport After Modernism: Lessons from South Africa (Transport and Mobility)

Todeschini, Fabio

Regional Development and Settlement Policy (Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics)

Economics

Originally published in 1986. This book focusses on a critical analysis of regional development strategy in South Africa, and shifts over time in that strategy. Regional development theory and thinking about settlement policy have developed largely independently of each other. This book clarifies some of the resulting confusion and points towards a greater integration of the two areas of understanding. The book provides an overview of shifts which occurred in national and regional development theory and the broader social, economic and political factors which influenced these shifts. It identifies the major policy implications of the various development approaches, with particular emphasis placed on the role of settlement policy. The differences between policy approaches and the debates surrounding them are identified and discussed.

Regional Development and Settlement Policy: Premises and Prospects (Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics)

For the last seven decades, urban settlement policy worldwide has been increasingly dominated by modernist precepts and by urban decisions made in discipline-specific 'silos'. The urban management consequences have been invariably negative, with increasing sprawl, fragmentation and separation resulting in a wide range of environmental, social and economic problems. This book explores the role of movement in a more integrated approach to urban settlement, and how thinking, policies and actions need to change. South Africa is used as a particularly good case study, since patterns of sprawl, fragmentation and separation have been exacerbated by apartheid, while recent legislation has demanded a reversal of these tendencies.

Rethinking Urban Transport After Modernism: Lessons from South Africa (Transport and Mobility Series)

Originally published in 1990, Urban Markets looks at how the informal sector of the economy should be encouraged to assist in the alleviation of problems of poverty and unemployment. Despite this rhetoric, few concrete, implementable ways have been developed. This book is concerned with one such potential strategy which the authors consider to be particularly effective: the creation of both built and open markets for very small retailers and wholesalers. Based on experience of observing such markets in several continents, the authors combine a discussion of the theoretical issues surrounding the creation of urban markets with practical hints of how to establish and run them.

Urban Markets (Routledge Library Editions: Urban Planning)

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Regional Development and Settlement Policy: Premises and Prospects

The Pursuit of Accountability: A History of the National Audit Office

The Addison-Wesley Science Handbook (Helix Books)

Urban Markets: Developing Informal Retailing

Rethinking Urban Transport After Modernism: Lessons from South Africa (Transport and Mobility)

Regional Development and Settlement Policy (Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics)

Regional Development and Settlement Policy: Premises and Prospects (Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics)

Rethinking Urban Transport After Modernism: Lessons from South Africa (Transport and Mobility Series)

Urban Markets (Routledge Library Editions: Urban Planning)

Urban Markets (Routledge Library Editions: Urban Planning)