Browsing by Subject "Urban hierarchy"

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    • Reflecting on the formation of metropolitan regions in South Africa 

      Jeeva, Zaakirah Iqbal (North-West University (South Africa), 2019)
      During apartheid, the spatial structures of South Africa’s administration were based on racial profiles, both at the macroscale and the microscale. The rise of democracy brought with it one of its primary aims, which was ...

    • The role of an urban hierarchy as spatial planning instrument 

      Botha, Gerrit (North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)
      In general, regional development over time results in an unbalanced spatial pattern and distribution of nodes. A spatially unbalanced region is likely to be directly linked to functioning and dynamics of the nodes in that ...

    • Spatial Planning in large urban systems : the Gauteng City-Region 

      Du Toit, Alet (North-West University (South Africa), 2023)
      The majority of current regional research focuses on individual cities rather than an urban system as a whole. This approach overlooks the critical influences of urban systems, particularly at regional scale. As a result ...