Urbanism and sustainability in Daveyton: designing for the township main street :[an exploration of spatial transformation in previously marginalised townships, with a focus on the main street]

Description

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built
Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfillment of
the requirement for the degree of Master of Urban Design / ABSTRACT
In township environments where pedestrian activity occurs out of necessity; and public transport
prevails - the main street becomes a magnet for mobility, social encounters and economic exchange.
It is the path that connects the settlement to the whole; it disperses and draws in; it collects and
connects. It is the image of the township. Streets play an important role within townships as the
primary form of public urban space. It is within these spaces that the residents make their own
opportunities for a better quality of life. (Jacobs, 1993) explained that by designing the streets,
one has largely designed the city. / EM2017

Links & Downloads

1. Bham, Aadill (2016) Urbanism and sustainability in Daveyton: designing for the township Main street :[an exploration of spatial transformation in previously marginalised townships, with a focus on the main street], University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, < http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/22416>
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22416

Tags

City planning--South Africa--Daveyton

Public spaces--South Africa--Daveyton

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/22416
Date	January 2016
Creators	Bham, Aadill
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis
Format	Online resource (156 pages), application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf