Search
Now showing items 1-3 of 3
A proposed green planning development framework : integration of spatial planning and green infrastructure planning approaches
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)
Throughout human history, civilizations have impaired their own chances of survival by damaging their own environment as they did not follow sustainable practises (Diamond, 2005). For over 40 years humankind’s demand on ...
Informality and sustainability : reflecting on South Africa's informal backyard rental sector from a planning perspective
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)
South Africa’s low-income housing sector is typified by sprawling subsidised housing, informal settlements and a hybrid typology manifest as the informal backyard rental sector. Despite growth in informal backyard rentals ...
An exploration of social dynamics in mixed land-use developments as informative for planning sustainable social communities
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)
This dissertation sets out to describe how the social dynamics in mixed land-use developments can be used as an informative to plan sustainable social communities. The World Urbanisation Prospects of 2014 indicated that ...