Browsing by Author "Pulumo, Nwabisa"
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- ItemInvestigating the level of alignment between the municipal capital budgets and the spatial development frameworks in the Ehlanzeni district municipality(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03) Pulumo, Nwabisa; Du Plessis, D.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Geography & Environmental Studies.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the impact of two important post 1994 planning initiatives on spatial restructuring through an empirical analysis of the extent of alignment between the municipal Spatial Development Frameworks and the application of capital budgets as presented in their Integrated Development Plans. The study area includes four local municipalities in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province and used budget information over a three year period between 2011/12 and 2013/14. The analysis considered total planned investment as well as investment in three sub-categories including infrastructure, economic and social investment. The results of the study indicated that overall the planned spatial investment patterns as reflected by the IDP capital budgets of the municipalities were influenced by some of the spatial development priorities as outlined in the municipal SDFs. The regional and first order nodes were prioritized across all the investment categories and the special nodes targeted for economic investment. Second order nodes were however only prioritized for the social investment category. The development corridors identified in the SDFs were only marginally prioritized in terms of planned social and economic investment