Planact, working with communities from Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Tshwane in the Gauteng…
Responsive Living Environments
Programme Areas
Responsive Living Environments
This programme is designed to engage with and influence actions at a city-wide level, with the results contributing to or correlating with the national level and being shared with communities. The aim of the programme is to provide evidence of various successful methods of practice in supporting citizens to achieve improvements in the quality of their settlements or neighbourhoods.
| Sub Programmes | Objectives |
| Informal Settlement Upgrade | Incremental settlement development is recognised and widely used. Strong coherence among communities’ approach to urban land acquisition to reach security of tenure. |
| Inclusive Inner Cities | Understand and support diverse needs to create strong livelihoods within urban areas. Access of vulnerable communities to all available opportunities. |
OpEd: RESPONDING TO HEIGHTENED CLIMATE RISKS THROUGH HEAT ACTION PLANNING IN GAUTENG
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Published Journal Article: Planned stitching, practical suturing: assembling community voices and mobilisation across difference in Johannesburg’s corridors of freedom
Published Journal Article: This paper presents the experiences of a team of engaged-researchers, a l…