Cape Town’s central city development: A strategy of partnership and inclusion

Authors

  • Andrew Fleming The Cape Town Partnership, South Africa
  • Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana The Cape Town Partnership, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38140/trp.v62i0.526

Keywords:

Cape Town, Central City Development Strategy (CCDS), sustainable urban space, urban design

Abstract

The legacy of South Africa’s past continues to upset the country’s drive towards inclusive and democratised spaces. This is particularly true in Cape Town, perhaps more so than in any other city in the country, where the spatial divides of colonialism and apartheid contribute to a most unequal and segregated geospatial existence. In order to address this urban challenge, the Cape Town Partnership developed the Central City Development Strategy (CCDS), a ten-year plan that calls for the densification of the central city to re-plan Cape Town into a more liveable, inclusive, democratic, and sustainable urban space. By critically examining the role that inclusionary housing policies, public transportation, and increased economic opportunities play in a more sustainable form of urban development, this article emphasises the need to expand the way in which planners approach urban design to take on a more holistic and partnership-based approach.

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Published

2013-05-31

How to Cite

Fleming, A. and Makalima-Ngewana, B. (2013) “Cape Town’s central city development: A strategy of partnership and inclusion”, Town and Regional Planning, 62, pp. 23–29. doi: 10.38140/trp.v62i0.526.

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