Browsing by Subject "Regional planning"

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    A model for an urban structure on the Cape Flats
    (1969) Fox, Revel; Cotta, Jose
    In 1966 the American Institute of Planners mounted a two year consultation to study the Next Fifty Years. Part 1 was entitled Optimum Environment with Man as the Measure. It was this arresting theme and the papers that flowed from it ( 1) that became the central idea and the broad objective of the study. The method by which this study is carried out is by means of a model for an urban structure, as a basis for a satisfactory framework for human settlement. After due consideration a purely abstract diagram is rejected in favour of a model designed in conformity with all known criteria but theoretical in the sense that detailed topographical and locality constraints are subdued. With this method the essential nature of the diagram is undiluted, and the processes of analysis are easily grasped.
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    A model for an urban structure on the Cape Flats
    (1969) Fox, Revel, 1924-; Cotta, Jose
    In 1966 the American Institute of Planners mounted a two year consultation to study the Next Fifty Years. Part 1 was entitled Optimum Environment with Man as the Measure. It was this arresting theme and the papers that flowed from it ( 1) that became the central idea and the broad objective of the study. The method by which this study is carried out is by means of a model for an urban structure, as a basis for a satisfactory framework for human settlement. After due consideration a purely abstract diagram is rejected in favour of a model designed in conformity with all known criteria but theoretical in the sense that detailed topographical and locality constraints are subdued. With this method the essential nature of the diagram is undiluted, and the processes of analysis are easily grasped.
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    A physical development plan for the Tygerberg Hills area
    (1975) Boshoff, Jacobus Johannes Christoffel; Gasson, Barrie
    It has been aptly said that one thing in the world is invincible .... an idea whose time has come. Such an idea in our days, I believe, is the care of man's ancestral home .... the natural environment. However, our country is still in a pioneering stage in so far as it, up till now, accepts the rugged principle that man has the freedom to do with his land just about whatever he wants to do. Under a proud banner of the above “right”, man is unscrupulously exploiting his natural resources and ruthlessly despoiling his landscape. This really boils down to uncontrolled speculation and limitless profit to the few in the name of progress and, if this is how the development of the environment is understood by man, then the perfect formula has already been found. That is to say, that no planning is needed .... planning is then obviously only an obstacle in the free- for-all, laissez-faire competitive market.
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    Suggested policies in regard to suburban expansion into the urban fringe : using the Constantia Valley as a case study
    (1978) Callaghan, Bernard Mark
    Having established that Constantia exhibits certain problems which are characteristic of the suburbanization of the urban fringe in general, it is necessary to consider how these problems could be resolved. In seeking such solutions, it is not only useful, but imperative, to determine sane framework of what the desired future state of the Valley should be and what role it should perform in the metropolitan context. In other words, what goals should be strived for and what objectives should be aimed at in order to facilitate the resolution of these goals. In establishing this framework, one returns to the basic underlying reasons for public sector intervention in the free market process - as outlined in Section 7.0 of Part One. This being "to regulate individual activity in the interests of the safety, health, morals and general well-being of the whole population" .