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CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
GDS 2040
OUTLINE: DRAFT DISCUSSION DOCUMENT
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Introduction
• Growth and Development Strategy 2040 (GDS 2040) is a draft for
community and stakeholder consultation during this GDS Outreach
Programme
• In summary, the document defines the paradigm (our set of values),
sets out the challenges and opportunities and defines the focus
areas for the path ahead
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What is a GDS?
• A GDS is about defining a chosen development path for the city
• Pragmatically confronting complex challenges and framing long term
strategic choices
• Allows us to frame medium term operational plans
• Links long term city-wide outcomes with operational outputs
• Stimulates public action towards agreed future outcomes
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What shapes the paradigm?
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GDS Principles
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Eradicating poverty
Building and growing an inclusive economy
Building sustainable human settlements
Ensuring resource security and environmental sustainability
Achieving social inclusion
Promoting good governance
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GDS Vision
“GDS 2040 envisions Johannesburg as a world-class
African city of the future – a vibrant, economically
inclusive and multi-cultural African city; a city that
provides real quality of life, for all its citizens. A city that
is a symbol of learning – well established, globally
competitive, innovative and networked. A city that
inspires active citizenry.
Joburg – My city. Our future.”
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Challenges & Opportunities
• Population of Joburg increasing at a decreasing rate
• Quadruple burden of disease: communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS,
‘lifestyle’ diseases and injury
• Poverty, food security and vulnerability concentrated in particular
parts of the city
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Economy unable to grow in a job-intensive manner
Scarce natural resources: water, electricity, landfill space
Challenges of climate change
Urban sprawl and traffic congestion
Oil peak and increasing transport costs
Dysfunctional urban system: low densities, sprawl and continuing
housing deficits
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Challenges & Opportunities
• Safety compromised by crime (“stranger crime”, interpersonal crime,
road traffic accidents, fire and environmental risks)
• Inadequate use of information and communications technologies
(ICTs): “digital divide”, uptake in use of cell phones (especially smart
phones) and sub-optimal use of ICTs by government
• Governance challenges: people’s lack of involvement in resolving
their problems, need for civic education, community and stakeholder
participation etc.
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Focus Areas
• Health and poverty
– Towards zero deprivation
– Scale up early childhood development
– Reduce quadruple burden of disease
• Economic growth
– Balanced spatial economic development
– Strategic and employment intensive sectors
– Support skills acquisition
• Natural resources
– Invest in urban rainwater harvesting systems
– Scale-up water conservation and demand side management
– Develop green infrastructure
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Focus Areas
• Transition to a low carbon economy
– Retrofitting the city
– Scale-up a range of energy-saving interventions
• Building a recycling economy
– Separation at source
– Reduce, reuse and recycle
• Building adaptive strategies for climate change
– Ensure climate adaptation and mitigation
– Develop innovative solutions for storm water management
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Focus Areas
• Transport
– Scale-up provision for mass public transit
– Promoting non-motorised transport
– Making our streets safe
– Facilitate transit-oriented development
• Liveable communities
– Reduce urban sprawl
– Increase small scale rental supply
– Transform the townships
– Building an inner city of the future
– Promote compact and dense CBDs across the city
– Access to cultural, recreational, education & other life sustaining services
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Focus Areas
• Community safety
– Integrated city strategy
– Effective policing and enforcement
– Social crime prevention
– Crime prevention through environmental design
– Road safety
– Effective partnerships for the promotion of safety
• Smart city
– Building city competitiveness and smart industries
– Bridging the digital divide
– Scale-up e-Government
– Provision of smart infrastructure
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Focus Areas
• Governance
– Strengthening good governance
– Sustain the city’s financial position
– Support and improve oversight structures
– Enhance participatory planning and budgeting
– Building a new cadre of local government activists
– Entrench Batho Pele principles in the workforce
– Intergovernmental alignment, innovation and partnerships
– Promote social cohesion and moral regeneration
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Conclusion
• Consultation process aimed at a rigorous consultation, discussion
and debate
• Inputs will shape the final GDS
• GDS will be launched at the Stakeholders’ Summit in October 2011
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