Background Climate change is a key driver of the increasing number of extremely hot days and...
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. |
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 long-standing NGO, Planact, in partnership with University-based scholars jointly investigating the Corridors of Freedom development process.
Langaville residents’ hope for flushing toilets goes down the drain
Planact supported the Langaville case and strengthened the advocacy efforts for improved sanitation across the municipality. The judgement is a setback but the campaign for dignified sanitation will continue through alternative strategies.