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The environmental qualities of lowcost housing schemes: A case study of the environment of a typical superblock at Hanover Park, Phillip, Cape, in February, 1973

All the coloured townships are located in the Cape Flats, between the Southern and Northern suburbs, which are located along the major transportation routes. 11 For a long time the Cape Flats acted as a formidable barrier to urban expansion and its special character was a major determinant in the gr...

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Main Author: Scheid, Klaus P
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Language:English
Published: School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics 2018
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description All the coloured townships are located in the Cape Flats, between the Southern and Northern suburbs, which are located along the major transportation routes. 11 For a long time the Cape Flats acted as a formidable barrier to urban expansion and its special character was a major determinant in the growth process of metropolitan Cape Town in its formative stages. During most of this period it remained as unalienated Government waste land, being unsuitable for normal farming operations of the time owing to the sandy nature of its topsoil and its thin clothing of vegetation. It was inaccessible to wagon transport in the absence of hard roads. Overgrazing and firewood collection upset the delicate natural ecology. The removal of the Mediterranean-type flora resulted in shifting sands of the true desert.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/28334 The environmental qualities of lowcost housing schemes: A case study of the environment of a typical superblock at Hanover Park, Phillip, Cape, in February, 1973 Scheid, Klaus P All the coloured townships are located in the Cape Flats, between the Southern and Northern suburbs, which are located along the major transportation routes. 11 For a long time the Cape Flats acted as a formidable barrier to urban expansion and its special character was a major determinant in the growth process of metropolitan Cape Town in its formative stages. During most of this period it remained as unalienated Government waste land, being unsuitable for normal farming operations of the time owing to the sandy nature of its topsoil and its thin clothing of vegetation. It was inaccessible to wagon transport in the absence of hard roads. Overgrazing and firewood collection upset the delicate natural ecology. The removal of the Mediterranean-type flora resulted in shifting sands of the true desert. 2018-08-03T19:37:05Z 2018-08-03T19:37:05Z 1973 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28334 eng application/pdf School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town
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title The environmental qualities of lowcost housing schemes: A case study of the environment of a typical superblock at Hanover Park, Phillip, Cape, in February, 1973
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title_short The environmental qualities of lowcost housing schemes: A case study of the environment of a typical superblock at Hanover Park, Phillip, Cape, in February, 1973
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