Recent spatial trends in post-Fordist Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorCrankshaw, Owenen_ZA
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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Emmaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-30T04:02:32Z
dc.date.available2014-07-30T04:02:32Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWord processed copy. Includes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the extent to which Cape Town is developing a post- Fordist spatial order characterised by the development of edge cities and the excluded ghetto. The study determines the extent to which office developments are becoming decentralised, and the growth and demand that these suburban nodes are experiencing independent of the central city. The evidence used to test this theory is that of the development of office nodes. Specifically, data on actual office sizes are used to determine growth, and market rental rates and vacancy levels are used to determine the demand for office space in the office nodes. The spatial phenomena under discussion include edge cities, the excluded ghetto, and transformed waterfronts. The effect of decentralisation on the development of these phenomena and the extent in which they are 'totalising' are central to the study. The data show that although decentralisation is persisting, the Cape Town Central Business District (CBD) has experienced a turn around and decentralisation is slowing down. This is evidenced in the data as demand for office space and growth in office developments have increased for both the CBO and the decentralised nodes. The growth and increased demand taking place in the latter office nodes suggests that these nodes are developing into edge cities. Spatially, it is the office nodes situated to the north of the CBD that are experiencing increases in office development, with little or no office development taking place in the south-east. The implications of the development of edge cities in the north is that of increased spatial polarisation as the job market is located further away from the impoverished south-east. This leads to the exclusion of those living in the ghetto from the rest of society. Thus, the development of edge cities has direct bearing on spatial polarisation in the city.eng
dc.identifier.apacitationSmith, E. (2006). <i>Recent spatial trends in post-Fordist Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3853en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSmith, Emma. <i>"Recent spatial trends in post-Fordist Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3853en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSmith, E. 2006. Recent spatial trends in post-Fordist Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Smith, Emma AB - Word processed copy. Includes bibliographical references. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Recent spatial trends in post-Fordist Cape Town TI - Recent spatial trends in post-Fordist Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3853 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3853
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSmith E. Recent spatial trends in post-Fordist Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3853en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_ZA
dc.titleRecent spatial trends in post-Fordist Cape Townen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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