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Conflicting rationalities in densifying the Corridors of Freedom: the case of the knowledge precinct.

Tshiashi, Livhuwani Waren (University of the Witwatersrand, School of Architecture and Planning, 2017)

The City of Johannesburg’s spatial structure still resembles the apartheid spatial configuration. The marginalized are still mostly located at the outskirts of the city without the monetary means to move to well-located ...
Lived experiences of a physical shift: from informal settlements into mulit-storey RDP housed.

Mabasa, Rhulani Charity (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

One in every eight people in the world live in informal settlements. The informal settlements sector is one of the oldest alternative providers of housing in cities for the majority that are not able to buy or rent a formal ...
Mixed-income housing developments as a social and spatial integration strategy: the case of Fleurhof integrated residential development

Sibanda, Amanda (University of the Witwatersrand, School of Architecture and Planning, 2017)

The development of sustainable human settlements advocated in the 2004 Breaking New Ground-A Comprehensive Plan for the Development of Sustainable Human Settlements has brought attention to the significance and meaning of ...
The effects of densification on urban resilience in Parktown West.

Phewa, Nombuso (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

African cities are continuously undergoing changes through densification and urban regeneration projects. Although mostly anticipated, these changes often have to be responded to with tools and strategies on maintaining ...
Land use changes along a spine road: Soshanguve residents’ use of private space.

Mashaba, Reabetswe (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

From the late 1990s, townships have experienced substantial economic development. Townships have experienced increased spatial development and investments and housing is seen as an asset. This research report explores land ...
Multiplicity of registration systems: multiplicity of research strategies

Mbele, Nomamfengu (University of the Witwatersrand, School of Architecture and Planning, 2017)

This research is about assessing the registration policy instrument utilised by various street trader management stakeholders. The research focuses on how the street traders experience these registration systems in the ...
Impacts of urban regeneration in Johannesburg's inner city: a study of Maboneng in relation to Jeppestown

Mashiri, Lesley (University of the Witwatersrand, School of Architecture and Planning, 2017)

It is evident that urban regeneration has been able to revitalize the Johannesburg inner-city and improve its urban environment. The project has been able to bring investment and people back into to inner-city, however it ...
The impact of the Gautrain station in Midrand.

Surti, Naeema (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

Transport and the need for mobility in a city is dependent on the development of land uses, social factors and economic sectors. It is largely linked to the development of a country. When development takes place, expansion ...
Sustainable densification on the Perth-Empire corridor of freedom

Crankshaw, Beth Pulane (University of the Witwatersrand, School of Architecture and Planning, 2017)

The concept of sustainability has been thrown around the fields of the built environment for decades, however, its emphasis is ever-changing as interpretations and urban challenges are in a constant dynamic state, requiring ...
The ‘gates’ next to the ‘shacks': exploring the relationship between gated communities and its surrounding poor neighbourhoods

Tswai, Klaas (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

Gated communities are a global phenomenon, which is one of the most striking features of contemporary urbanism. Their rise and popularity have provoked different experiences and narratives, but most specifically in South ...
Towards a water sensitive city: the case of Johannesburg

Molvi, Hashim (2017)

The City of Johannesburg is a water scarce city with frequent droughts, flash floods during the rainy season, rising water demands and deteriorating water quality. These water challenges faced by the city of Johannesburg ...
Backyards life

Matsheng, Chelsy (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

The RDP housing programme was considered as a solution to poverty in South Africa. It was believed that households could either sell their house in the housing market or use it as a collateral to access finance. However, ...
Evaluating self-help initiatives in the upgrading of informal settlements

Mbunjana, Zizipho (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

Apartheid spatial policies have left many black South Africans living in peripheral areas far from their places of employment. These people have occupied vacant land closer to urban areas and have built what they now refer ...
The social impacts of infrastructural investment: the case of Winterveld(t)

Ngomane, Tinyiko (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

The Post-Apartheid government has placed a great emphasis on the formulation and implementation of initiatives and programmes that seek to redress the effects of the Apartheid era. These ramifications include poverty and ...
Urban planning and transport planning rationalities in the city of Johannesburg

Chiwetu, David (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

Schoeman (2015:49) states that “urban and regional planning and transportation planning requires the deliberation of what can and must occur where in spatial systems .It includes the emphasis and collaboration of different ...
The creative city approach to urban generation: an evaluation of its benefits in Braamfontein Johannesburg

Khwashaba, Unarine (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand., 2017)

In the pursuit of creating post-industrial cities, the creative city approach was established in 1988 (Cohendet et al). During the 1990s the approach was intertwined with the process of urban regeneration (Cohendet et al). ...

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