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Front. Sustain. Cities
Sec. Cities in the Global South
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frsc.2024.1475883
This article is part of the Research Topic The Dynamics of Sustainable, Inclusive and Equitable Human Settlements View all 5 articles

APPLYING A DECOLONIZATION PARADIGM TO PLANNING THEORY FOR INCLUSION AND EQUITY

Provisionally accepted
Dane Buttner Dane Buttner 1*Verna NEL Verna NEL 1Thulisile Ncamsile Mphambukeli Thulisile Ncamsile Mphambukeli 2
  • 1 University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • 2 University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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    The Global North has dominated the planning theories for decades to resolve planning problems globally. These Northern theories were not feasible for most problems in the Global South, as the continued use of Northern theories maintains the inequalities of disjointed and divided cities caused by colonialism. However, as this approach is inappropriate and inadequate, planning theories require decolonization from the continued focus on the Global North in order to reflect the realities of the South. This paper contributes to the scholarship of decolonization in planning by investigating how planning academics and professionals in South Africa view the progress made in the decolonization of planning theories for inclusion and equity.

    Keywords: planning theory, Decolonization, inclusion, Equity, Global South

    Received: 04 Aug 2024; Accepted: 17 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Buttner, NEL and Mphambukeli. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Dane Buttner, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

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