Cape Town’s central city development: a strategy of partnership and inclusion
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Date
2013
Authors
Fleming, Andrew
Makalima-Ngewana, Bulelwa
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Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State
Abstract
English: The legacy of South Africa’s past continues to upset the country’s drive towards
inclusive and democratised spaces. This is particularly true in Cape Town, perhaps more
so than in any other city in the country, where the spatial divides of colonialism and
apartheid contribute to a most unequal and segregated geospatial existence. In order
to address this urban challenge, the Cape Town Partnership developed the Central
City Development Strategy (CCDS), a ten-year plan that calls for the densification
of the central city to re-plan Cape Town into a more liveable, inclusive, democratic,
and sustainable urban space. By critically examining the role that inclusionary housing
policies, public transportation, and increased economic opportunities play in a more
sustainable form of urban development, this article emphasises the need to expand
the way in which planners approach urban design to take on a more holistic and
partnership-based approach.
Afrikaans: Die nalatenskap van Suid-Afrika se verlede ontstel steeds die land se strewe na insluiting en demokratiese ruimtes. Dit is veral die geval in Kaapstad, miskien meer as in enige ander stad in die land, waar die ruimtelike verdeling van kolonialisme en apartheid bydra tot ‘n mees ongelyke en verdeelde georuimtelike bestaan. Ten einde hierdie stedelike uitdaging aan te spreek, het die Cape Town Partnership die Sentrale Stads-Ontwikkeling Strategie ontwikkel, ‘n tien-jaar plan wat vra vir die verdigting van die sentrale stad deur ‘n herbeplanning van Kaapstad in ‘n leefbare, inklusiewe, demokratiese en volhoubare stedelike ruimte. Deur krities die rol te beoordeel wat inklusiewe behuisingsbeleid, openbare vervoer, en verhoogde ekonomiese geleenthede in ‘n meer volhoubare vorm van stedelike ontwikkeling speel, beklemtoon hierdie artikel die behoefte dat die manier waarop beplanners stedelike ontwerp benader na ‘n meer holistiese en vennootskapgebaseerde benadering uitgebrei moet word.
SeSotho: Mehleng ya Afrika Borwa yak hale e ntse tswela pele ho kena kenana le morero wa naha wa tshebedisano mmoho le ho phedisana mmoho ke bohle. Sena se bonahala haholo Motse Kapa ho feta teropo tse ding tsa Afrika Borwa. Motse Kapa ke teropo e ntse na le bopaki ba dikarolo tsa nako tsa dikolony le Apartheid. Ho sebetsana le bothata bona ba teropo basebetsi ba Cape Town Partnership ba tlile ka morero oo bitsoang ‘the Central City Development Strategy” kapa (CCDS) ka mantswe a mang. CCDS e na le morero oa dilemo tse leshome o sebetsanang le rera teropo ya Motse Kapa qalong hore e tsebe ho ba sebaka se senang dikarolo, mooo batho ba fapaneng ba phelisanang mmoho, ebile ban a le tshebedisano mmoho. Ka ho sheba dipheo tsa ho haha matlo, likoloi tsa baeti le mekhoa ya ho eketsa mekhoa ya mesebetsi ka lleihlo le hloahloa, serapa sena se sebeletsa ho bontsa tlhoko ea hore bareri ba linaha ba sebetse ka mokhoa wa tshebedisano mmoho.
Afrikaans: Die nalatenskap van Suid-Afrika se verlede ontstel steeds die land se strewe na insluiting en demokratiese ruimtes. Dit is veral die geval in Kaapstad, miskien meer as in enige ander stad in die land, waar die ruimtelike verdeling van kolonialisme en apartheid bydra tot ‘n mees ongelyke en verdeelde georuimtelike bestaan. Ten einde hierdie stedelike uitdaging aan te spreek, het die Cape Town Partnership die Sentrale Stads-Ontwikkeling Strategie ontwikkel, ‘n tien-jaar plan wat vra vir die verdigting van die sentrale stad deur ‘n herbeplanning van Kaapstad in ‘n leefbare, inklusiewe, demokratiese en volhoubare stedelike ruimte. Deur krities die rol te beoordeel wat inklusiewe behuisingsbeleid, openbare vervoer, en verhoogde ekonomiese geleenthede in ‘n meer volhoubare vorm van stedelike ontwikkeling speel, beklemtoon hierdie artikel die behoefte dat die manier waarop beplanners stedelike ontwerp benader na ‘n meer holistiese en vennootskapgebaseerde benadering uitgebrei moet word.
SeSotho: Mehleng ya Afrika Borwa yak hale e ntse tswela pele ho kena kenana le morero wa naha wa tshebedisano mmoho le ho phedisana mmoho ke bohle. Sena se bonahala haholo Motse Kapa ho feta teropo tse ding tsa Afrika Borwa. Motse Kapa ke teropo e ntse na le bopaki ba dikarolo tsa nako tsa dikolony le Apartheid. Ho sebetsana le bothata bona ba teropo basebetsi ba Cape Town Partnership ba tlile ka morero oo bitsoang ‘the Central City Development Strategy” kapa (CCDS) ka mantswe a mang. CCDS e na le morero oa dilemo tse leshome o sebetsanang le rera teropo ya Motse Kapa qalong hore e tsebe ho ba sebaka se senang dikarolo, mooo batho ba fapaneng ba phelisanang mmoho, ebile ban a le tshebedisano mmoho. Ka ho sheba dipheo tsa ho haha matlo, likoloi tsa baeti le mekhoa ya ho eketsa mekhoa ya mesebetsi ka lleihlo le hloahloa, serapa sena se sebeletsa ho bontsa tlhoko ea hore bareri ba linaha ba sebetse ka mokhoa wa tshebedisano mmoho.
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Keywords
Spatial planning, Cape Town, Urban planning, Partnerships, Segregation
Citation
Fleming, A., & Makalima-Ngewana, B. (2013). Cape Town’s central city development: A strategy of partnership and inclusion. Town and Regional Planning, 62(1), 29-35.