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An approach towards skills transfer of urban and regional planning practices and principles for related professions within the built environment
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
Urban and regional planning responsibilities have been assumed by newly established and existing local municipalities. Of these municipalities, many do not have the financial means to employ full-time urban and regional ...
From surviving to thriving : planning considerations and proposals to support sustainable livelihoods in predominantly rural areas
(2016)
One of the most pressing and critical challenges that South Africa faces today is the impoverishment experienced by communities in predominantly rural areas, specifically the poorer and more vulnerable segments of the ...
Revisiting the approach to Informal Settlement Development in South Africa : with a special focus on the impact of HIV/AIDS
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
The problems associated with the informal settlements of South Africa, are not unknown, neither are they recent. Throughout the years, hundreds of initiatives have been established, aimed at addressing the disjointed spatial ...
An analysis of planning intervention in the formalisation of informal settlements in Ikageng Township within the Tlokwe local municipality
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)
The proliferation of informal settlements is one of the major challenges faced by developing countries. In South Africa, informal settlements exist as the remnants of the apartheid spatial segregation and the inability of ...
Integrated Development Plans and its sectoral plans in the optimisation of participatory and integrated spatial planning as transformation tool : a case study of Tlokwe Local Municipality
(2016)
South African cities' fragmented spatial system can be traced back to apartheid 21 years ago. It was after democracy in 1994, that the central government which came into power instigated policies, guidelines and legislations ...