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Bellville reborn exploring infrastructural transformation as a mechanism for designing sustainable environments - the case for Bellville

It has been noted and widely documented over many years already that the rapid urbanization of cities, in particular cities located in the global south, poses a huge problem for such cities - specifically due to the lack of sufficient developable1 land that could accommodate the urbanization phenome...

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Main Author: Mills, Ruan
Other Authors: Ewing, Kathryn
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Language:English
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Published: School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics 2025
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description It has been noted and widely documented over many years already that the rapid urbanization of cities, in particular cities located in the global south, poses a huge problem for such cities - specifically due to the lack of sufficient developable1 land that could accommodate the urbanization phenomenon. To this end, spatial planning (in it's various forms - i.e. town and regional planning, urban design and architecture) is seen as central to fixing the challenges which come about due to this rapid urbanization. Unfortunately in African cities, planning is often seen as a failure. One mechanism which forms an important component of a set of tools, generally used for planning cities, regions, towns and even neighbourhoods, is urban infrastructure. Infrastructure, is considered one of the most important ways in which organs of state and or government structures, work to materially shape urban environments. This research project seeks to investigate the possibility of using existing infrastructure in conjunction with developable land, as a means to respond positively to or maybe even reverse the disparity that infrastructure was required to create initially during the apartheid era
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/42011 Bellville reborn exploring infrastructural transformation as a mechanism for designing sustainable environments - the case for Bellville Mills, Ruan Ewing, Kathryn Bellville Sustainable environments It has been noted and widely documented over many years already that the rapid urbanization of cities, in particular cities located in the global south, poses a huge problem for such cities - specifically due to the lack of sufficient developable1 land that could accommodate the urbanization phenomenon. To this end, spatial planning (in it's various forms - i.e. town and regional planning, urban design and architecture) is seen as central to fixing the challenges which come about due to this rapid urbanization. Unfortunately in African cities, planning is often seen as a failure. One mechanism which forms an important component of a set of tools, generally used for planning cities, regions, towns and even neighbourhoods, is urban infrastructure. Infrastructure, is considered one of the most important ways in which organs of state and or government structures, work to materially shape urban environments. This research project seeks to investigate the possibility of using existing infrastructure in conjunction with developable land, as a means to respond positively to or maybe even reverse the disparity that infrastructure was required to create initially during the apartheid era 2025-10-16T10:33:42Z 2025-10-16T10:33:42Z 2025 2025-10-16T10:30:40Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters Masters http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42011 en 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_full Bellville reborn exploring infrastructural transformation as a mechanism for designing sustainable environments - the case for Bellville
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title_short Bellville reborn exploring infrastructural transformation as a mechanism for designing sustainable environments - the case for Bellville
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