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A Comparative Consideration Of Development Charges In Cape Town, Colin Crawford, Julian C. Juergensmeyer
A Comparative Consideration Of Development Charges In Cape Town, Colin Crawford, Julian C. Juergensmeyer
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This article, will look at the relatively new Cape Town development charge initiative in a comparative perspective. Part I will discuss the U.S. experience with development charges, including examples both effective and less so. The aim in Part I will be to demonstrate the achievements and shortcomings of development charges - or impact fees, as they are most commonly called in the U.S. - as utilized in the U.S., which was an early adopter of such practices globally. Part I will also suggest areas in which Cape Town practitioners (of whatever kind, whether lawyers, urban planners, engineers and so on) …
Density, Affordable Housing And Social Inclusion: Modest Proposal For Cape Town, Colin Crawford
Density, Affordable Housing And Social Inclusion: Modest Proposal For Cape Town, Colin Crawford
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What I would like to offer in this short article are some thoughts about ways Cape Town might benefit from lessons in the United States' long and still continuing struggle with racially segregated housing and to do so by promoting strategies that are not only inclusionary in aim but also more environmentally sustainable if developed properly. I do this in part from the conviction that this is a benefit of any comparative legal scholarship - to suggest different ways of looking at problems. In this, I will particularly examine density-focused incentives. Indeed, incentive-based practices, it seems to me, might have …