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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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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 ... -
The use of group work and journal writing in reinventing development planning for sustainability under complexity
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)English: Since 2002 Stellenbosch has offered a multidisciplinary Masters programme in Planning, Management and Practice of Sustainable Development (with a specialisation in development planning), offered mainly for working ... -
Spatial planning, infrastructure and implementation: implications for planning school curricula
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)English: Infrastructure plays key roles in shaping the spatial form of the city at a macro- and a more local scale, and it influences the sustainability, efficiency and inclusiveness of cities and local areas. Linking ... -
A home close to opportunities in South Africa: top down vision or bottom up demand?
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2010)English: South African cities have changed tremendously over the past 50 years. Alongside growing urbanisation, people have moved further apart or closer to each other, influenced by the reigning ideologies and policies ... -
The reshaping of urban structure in South Africa through municipal capital investment: evidence from three municipalities
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2013)English: Although Spatial Development Frameworks are regarded as the key spatial restructuring tool of local municipalities, the investment of public resources through the municipal capital budget is of equal importance. ... -
Spatial development frameworks on a broader scale: an integrative approach
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, 2012)English: Recent exposure to a number of spatial development frameworks on a broader (district and regional) scale in South Africa indicates that there is considerable confusion as to what should be the content of these ...
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