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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
ISSN 2415-0495 (Online), ISSN 1012-280X (Print)
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An explorative approach to the evolving municipal landscape of South Africa: 1993-2020
(University of the Free State, 2021)The establishment of municipalities in South Africa has been a long and difficult process, which still appears to be evolving 25 years later. In 1994, the new democratic government undertook to restructure the country’s ... -
English-Afrikaans bilingual building dictionary
(University of the Free State, 2021)With originating roots scattered across the globe, this playful language derived its name from Africa. What is more unique to South Africa than Afrikaans? A communication medium amalgamated, adapted and applied by mothers ... -
Shopping malls with quasi-public spaces in Pretoria: neo-traditional consumption space or controlled village commons?
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2016)English: Recent debates have highlighted trends towards the privatisation of public space and the incorporation of increased security measures to safeguard users. Literature has also emphasised the move away from the ... -
An impact evaluation of area-based interventions in Cape Town using multivariate regression analysis
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2016)English: Area-based initiatives are popularly applied to alleviate the spillover effects of neighbourhood poverty in deprived neighbourhoods. This study analyses the effects of two area-based initiatives on neighbourhood ... -
Considering urban green space and informal backyard rentals in South Africa: disproving the compensation hypothesis
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2016)English: This research reflects on planning for urban green space and the related impact of informal backyard rental densification in South Africa, based on the ‘compensation hypothesis’. Informal backyard dwellings may ... -
From the editor: Das Steyn 2016
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Contextualising the National Development Plan for enhanced service delivery: considerations for planning in KwaZulu-Natal
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2016)English: Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) are the planning instruments directed at strategies for enhancing service delivery in local government. As a consequence, capacity initiatives are driven by these plans to ... -
Die invloed van klimaatverandering op die Suid-Afrikaanse stad en voorgestelde aanpassings
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2016)English: The purpose of this article is to research the effect of climate change on the South African city and to recommend appropriate measures, based on the specific climatic zone. With increased climate change, it is ... -
Towards more compact South African settlements through informal housing: the case of backyard densification in Bridgton and Bongolethu, Oudtshoorn
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2016)English: This article engages the concepts of urban sprawl and density, as the foundations for a discussion on South Africa’s informal backyard rental sector. This research attempts to relate some of the spatial impacts ... -
Toward achieving diversity through collaborative planning in mixed-use precincts: a case study of Florida Road, Durban (South Africa)
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2016)English: Entertainment precincts are typically packed with a dynamic mix of people and land uses that create areas with economic and social benefits. However, for a naturally occurring precinct such as Florida Road, ... -
Economic and demographic trends of municipalities in South Africa: an application of Zipf’s rule
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2013)English: There are vast differences among South African local municipalities, with a limited number of large municipalities (both in terms of population size and economic activity) and a seemingly disproportionate number ... -
Mainstreaming informality and access to land through collaborative design and teaching of aspects of a responsive planning curriculum at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)English: Access to urban land and resources and the pervasiveness of informality are perhaps the main cross-cutting features defining contemporary urbanism in the South, where the urbanisation of poverty is not only acute ... -
Incorporating informality into urban and regional planning education curriculum in Nigeria
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)English: To achieve sustainable development in any society the educational system must be responsive to the dynamics of that society. This article discusses issues on the level of training on informality in African ... -
From the editor: planning fraternity in contemporary South Africa
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2013)Abstract not available -
Cape Town’s central city development: a strategy of partnership and inclusion
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2013)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, ... -
National planning in South Africa: a temporal perspective
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2013)English: This article aims to provide a temporal and critical perspective on national spatial planning since the 1970s until the most recent directive in 2012. From the first spatial policy initiative, the National ... -
Contemporary statecraft for sustained and ‘sustainable’ growth
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2013)English: Focusing on state structure and behaviour, the ‘good governance’ agenda, political settlement, and the current path, this article describes and elaborates – in a problematic manner – the hurdles we will encounter ... -
Gated communities in South Africa: tensions between the planning ideal and practice
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)English: Gated communities are considered by many South Africans as a necessity – a place to stay in a safer environment in the context of high crime rates. At the same time, these developments can also challenge planning ... -
Participatory development planning in Botswana: exploring the utilisation of spaces for participation
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2013)English: The article examines the utilisation of spaces for participation in the development planning processes in Botswana. It has often been argued that, contrary to the widespread espousal to participatory planning, ... -
The transformation of municipal development planning in South Africa (post-1994): impressions and impasse
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)English: In South Africa, the government’s transformation process, which effectively started in 1994, not only resulted in a new democracy, a new governmental dispensation or a ‘new South Africa’, but it also spearheaded ...
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