Showing papers in "Stads- en Streeksbeplanning in 1993"
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TL;DR: In this article, a number of anthropological precepts are examined in developing a culturally responsive approach to physical planning and urban design in South Africa, which is likely to be heavily influenced by unfamiliar cultural values.
Abstract: Planning and urban design in South Africa are confronted with a highly volatile decision making context, which is likely to be heavily influenced by unfamiliar cultural values. In this paper a number of anthropological precepts are examined in developing a culturally responsive approach to physical planning and urban design.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors report that rapid and poorly planned urban growth in metropolitan Cape Town is subjecting the inland coastal waters in the region to stress, and increasing extractive demands are being made on inland water systems to provide potable water.
Abstract: Rapid and poorly planned urban growth in Metropolitan Cape Town is subjecting the inland coastal waters in the region to stress. Increasing extractive demands are being made on inland water systems to provide potable water. Larger volumes o f liquid and solid waste, and increased stormwater runoff are impacting negatively on inland and coastal water quality.
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TL;DR: In this article, the Transvaal's policy for the evaluation of new retail development proposals has been applied successfully for well over a decade, but is based on debatable premises.
Abstract: Transvaal's policy for the evaluation of new retail development proposals has been applied successfully for well over a decade, but is based on debatable premises. The policy is described, its premises are criticised and tentative suggestions for improvement made. Premises of the policy include a retail hierarchy with discrete levels, the use of circles of prescribed radius as proxies for trade areas, and the allocation of retail floor space per person, irrespective of economic considerations. Suggested improvements include increasing the prescribed radii of circles, while reducing the allotted retail floor space per person, incorporating travel time as alternative to distance, and incorporating economic criteria.