Durban: structures from the past, pressures in the present, prospects in the future / City Hall and the direction of development: the changing role of the local state as a factor in economic planning and development in Durban / Economic development for a new era: an examination of the adoption of explicit economic development strategies by Durban local government since 1994 / Port of Durban: lynchpin of the local economy? / From import substituting industrialisation to globalised international competitiveness: industrial restructuring in a South African city / Financing Durban's development: 1970-99 / Segregation, desegregation and de-racialisation: racial politics and the city of Durban / Breaking the impasse, beginning the change: labour market, unions and social initiative in Durban / Contesting the urban industrial environment in South Durban in a period of democratisation and globalisation / Apartheid of basic facility provision in the city of Durban with a focus on energy / Development of mass street trading in Durban: the case of muthi trading / Fresh produce distribution networks in the Durban Metropolitan Area