Towards More Resilient Cities
High rates of urbanization lead to a fragmented urban form with unequal access to jobs, amenities and public services. The lack of efficient and adaptive layout and design, integrated land uses (Paton et al., 2013; Saunders & Becker, 2015), urban connectivity (Taaffe et al., 1963) and sufficient...
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| author | J.E Drewes M. van Aswegen M. Richter |
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| description | High rates of urbanization lead to a fragmented urban form with unequal access to jobs, amenities and public services. The lack of efficient and adaptive layout and design, integrated land uses (Paton et al., 2013; Saunders & Becker, 2015), urban connectivity (Taaffe et al., 1963) and sufficient forward planning at all levels of government is identified as a shortcoming which only exacerbates the consequences of urbanization. Based on an analysis of spatial planning principles, this paper proposes a practical and policy-related set of tools for improved forward planning, promoting resilient layout planning and smart land use management as a means to enable diverse settlements to respond to events such as intense levels of urbanization. The case study is focused on the dualistic urban settlements of South-Africa, but principles proposed could be applied to other settlements with similar spatially distorted patterns. The proposed set of tools could potentially improve urban resilience and efficiency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-159b757412484f868c5cf3469c6756922023-12-18T18:21:04ZengIEREK PressARCHive-SR2537-01542537-01622018-05-012110.21625/archive.v2i1.231122Towards More Resilient CitiesJ.E Drewes0M. van Aswegen1M. Richter2North-West University, Potchefstroom, South AfricaNorth-West University, Potchefstroom, South AfricaNorth-West University, Potchefstroom, South AfricaHigh rates of urbanization lead to a fragmented urban form with unequal access to jobs, amenities and public services. The lack of efficient and adaptive layout and design, integrated land uses (Paton et al., 2013; Saunders & Becker, 2015), urban connectivity (Taaffe et al., 1963) and sufficient forward planning at all levels of government is identified as a shortcoming which only exacerbates the consequences of urbanization. Based on an analysis of spatial planning principles, this paper proposes a practical and policy-related set of tools for improved forward planning, promoting resilient layout planning and smart land use management as a means to enable diverse settlements to respond to events such as intense levels of urbanization. The case study is focused on the dualistic urban settlements of South-Africa, but principles proposed could be applied to other settlements with similar spatially distorted patterns. The proposed set of tools could potentially improve urban resilience and efficiency.https://press.ierek.com/index.php/ARChive/article/view/231Urban efficiencyresiliencearchitectureplanningspatial planning |
| spellingShingle | J.E Drewes M. van Aswegen M. Richter Towards More Resilient Cities ARCHive-SR Urban efficiency resilience architecture planning spatial planning |
| title | Towards More Resilient Cities |
| title_full | Towards More Resilient Cities |
| title_fullStr | Towards More Resilient Cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards More Resilient Cities |
| title_short | Towards More Resilient Cities |
| title_sort | towards more resilient cities |
| topic | Urban efficiency resilience architecture planning spatial planning |
| url | https://press.ierek.com/index.php/ARChive/article/view/231 |
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