Looking around the Cape Town Central City today, it becomes almost hard to imagine the city that was eight years ago when the Central City Improvement District (CCID) was first established. Back then, crime was a serious concern. Litter and urban decay was rife.

The Urban Land Markets Programme (or ‘Urban LandMark’) is committed to an evidence-based process of discovery and advocacy around making urban land markets work better for (and with) the poor.

THOSE of us who live in SA's major cities (37% of us, according to a new report) know very well the dramatic contrasts which make up our large urban environments, but we seem to struggle to come up with new ways of thinking about where we are going.