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CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT STRATEGYGDS 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

• 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

• 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