Town and Regional Planning

Permanent URI for this community

http://hdl.handle.net/11660/2426

This community is being populated.

Town and Regional Planning is the accredited academic journal of the department of Town and Regional Planning of the University of the Free State.

Alternative title(s): Meralo ya Ditoropo le Mabatowa | Stads- en Streekbeplanning

More information

ISSN 2415-0495 (Online), ISSN 1012-280X (Print)

Browse

Browsing Town and Regional Planning by Author "Coetzee, Maria"

Now showing 1 - 4 of 4
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Assessment of spatial data infrastructures
    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2014) Cooper, Anthony K.; Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Das, Sonali; Coetzee, Maria; Mans, Gerbrand
    English: A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is an evolving concept, essentially consisting of policies, institutional arrangements, Geographical Information Systems (GISs), data bases, networks, Web services and portals to facilitate and coordinate the availability, exchange and sharing of geospatial data and services between stakeholders from different levels. This article aims to provide some information on the role and value of SDIs and their potential relationship with, and contribution to other geospatial and evidence-based tools and technologies within the South African planning context and system. For this, it provides a brief overview and comparison of the key characteristics of the SDIs in South Africa, China, Brazil, Australia and India. The article highlights some of the complexities and use of an SDI and the value of, and need for an SDI to support the spatial and land development planning envisaged in the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA).
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Backyard housing in Gauteng: an analysis of spatial dynamics
    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2014) Shapurjee, Yasmin; Le Roux, Alize; Coetzee, Maria
    English: This article examines the phenomenon of backyard housing in Gauteng, a prominent driver of urban spatial change in South Africa’s housing market. Backyard housing in South Africa increasingly attracts the attention of policymakers because of the large number of households that this sector accommodates. Moreover, the role played by backyard housing in the overall small-scale rental-housing sector is significant, particularly in Gauteng where a large proportion of households rent their primary dwelling. Drawing on quantitative geo-demographic data from GeoTerraImage (GTI) (2010), Knowledge Factory’s Cluster Plus (2010) as well as StatsSA Census 2011, this article documents the spatial footprint of backyard housing in Gauteng and examines the implications of the findings for infrastructure service planning at the municipal scale.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    A living laboratory approach in the design of the user requirements of a spatial information platform
    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2014) Coetzee, Maria; Goss, Helga; Meiklejohn, Cathy; Mlangeni, Patrick
    English: The purpose of this article is to introduce the development of the Regional Spatial Profiler – a spatial information and modelling platform – for the Department of Science and Technology. Based on the steps set out in action research, this platform is aimed at strengthening spatial planning at a regional scale by providing accessible and comparable spatial information (of current and past trends) to planning practitioners in government. To ensure that the Profiler met the requirements and expectations of users, and would be used by practitioners, its user-interface and future content requirements were developed using four living laboratories (living labs): the Cape Winelands, Ugu and Amatole District Municipalities, and Mangaung Local (now Metro) Municipality. Municipal participants and project team members believed that a living-lab process was the appropriate way to develop the Profiler and experienced the living-lab Profiler as a positive initiative; however, due to time, budget and technical constraints, it was a temporally – specific and fragmented project initiative. What would be required in future project phases would be a longer time frame and continued user involvement in multiple project phases.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Spatial policy, planning and infrastructure investment: lessons from urban simulations in three South African cities
    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2014) Coetzee, Maria; Waldeck, Louis; Le Roux, Alize; Meiklejohn, Cathy; Van Niekerk, Willemien; Leuta, Tsepang
    English: This article is based on the assumption that more spatially efficient investment choices in both economic and basic infrastructure spending can make a significant impact on the equity, efficiency and sustainability of human settlements. Emerging from work conducted as part of a Department of Science and Technology (DST)- funded Integrated Planning and Development Modelling (IPDM) project, the article argues that decisions about infrastructure investment in South African metropolitan areas ought to be grounded in robust and rigorous analysis and scenario evaluation. More evidence, and better evidence, an understanding of spatial trends and the underlying forces that shape them, are needed to support planning and infrastructure investment. Urban simulation platforms offer valuable tools in this regard. Findings of simulation work in three metropolitan areas (eThekwini, Nelson Mandela Bay and Johannesburg) are presented to demonstrate this, and some implications for spatial policy, planning and infrastructure investment are highlighted.