Challenges and opportunities of curbing urban corruption and building professional integrity: Experiences of planners in South Africa and Zambia

《Challenges and opportunities of curbing urban corruption and building professional integrity: Experiences of planners in South Africa and Zambia》

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作者: Christian Alexander;Stephen Berrisford;Laura Nkula-Wenz;Dorothy Ndhlovu;Gilbert Siame;Vanessa Watson;Dieter Zinnbauer

来源: HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.122,P.102541

语言: 英文

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作者单位: African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa;Pegasys Group, South Africa;Centre for Urban Research and Planning, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zambia, Zambia;School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town, South Africa;Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark;African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa;Pegasys Group, South Africa;Centre for Urban Research and Planning, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zambia, Zambia;School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town, South Africa;Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark;Department of Agricultural Land Surveying, Cadastre and Photogrammetry, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland;Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Bournemouth University, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom;Department of Geography, Environment and Geo-Information, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, 34310, Turkey;Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China;Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, The University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China;School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China;School of Geography, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

摘要: Urban corruption can hinder integrated planning, skew the equitable distribution of public investments, and capture urban management processes to the detriment of the public. Yet, we argue in this article, the city scale has been largely overlooked in contemporary anti-corruption research, and – by the same token – urban scholars only recently started paying attention to the role of corruption in urban development. Based on extensive quantitative and qualitative research with planning professionals in South Africa and Zambia, we firstly explore the complex dynamics of urban corruption and the challenges it poses in the respective national planning spheres. Based on this exploration, we then motivate for the need to move beyond compliance-focused understandings of corruption as the sole basis for developing strategies against city-level corruption. Finally, we outline an agenda for possible future research and action on urban integrity.