Genis, Pieter2017-06-142017-06-142015-10Genis, P. (2015). The proposed new Urban and Regional Planning Bill: an appraisal.(Integrated Land Management Institute, Land, Livelihoods and Housing Programme 2015-18, Document No. 1/2015). Windhoek, Namibia: Namibia University of Science and Technology.http://hdl.handle.net/10628/578The Bill aimed at overriding old ordinances that dated back to the 1950s and 60s. The main objective of the Bill is that of decentralisation, and has three main points: the establishment of "authorized planning authorities" (APA); the consolidation of Townships Board and the Namibia Planning Advisory Board (NAMPAB) into one Urban and Regional Planning Board; and long term spatial development frameworks by means of a structure plan at all levels: national, regional, and urban.enLand, livelihoods, housing, sustainable development, spatial planning.Other