rethinking LED
LED in intermediate cities Rethinking LED: “Local Economic Development” in Intermediate Cities is the latest volume in a series of exploratory studies on the “differentiated approach to governance” focusing on intermediate cities, by the South African Cities Network (SACN). The first four volumes were a data-driven study seeking to define “secondary cities” (2012); a qualitative study into six intermediate cities exploring possible differences or uniqueness compared to metros (2014); a deeper study into apartheid’s displaced settlements examining the need for a more nuanced articulation of differentiation, drilling down to a sub-municipal level (2016); and a study assessing the interpretation of “spatial transformation” contained in the national urban policy in intermediate cities compared to metros (2017). The series has become an important and consistent reference point for building national attention and understanding around intermediate cities We extend our thanks to the South African Cities Network for the following extracts. SACN 2019. Rethinking LED: “Local Economic Development” in Intermediate Cities. Johannesburg: South African Cities Network. Available online at sacities.net. ISBN: 978-0-6399215-6-3 © 2019 by South African Cities Network. Rethinking LED: “Local Economic Development” in Intermediate Cities is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence. To view a copy of this licence, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
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