Urban regeneration : an integrated city approach
Abstract
The urban fabric of South African cities continues to illustrate segregation patterns and growing levels of inequality as a result of apartheid planning. Apartheid planning has conceived the pattern of the city within an extensive framework of spatial and social controls distinctly structured to achieve economic and social design. This study aims to investigate possible mitigation measures in the form of regeneration and integration that will improve the functionality of South African cities. The study is focused in an identified study area i.e. a selected area of the George Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Segregated urban patterns are familiar in many parts of the world, however, most research has failed to propose substantial solutions for the regeneration of segregated settlements. In the attainment of the aim of the study, the subjects of land use planning and land use management are investigated as foundation for evaluating the level of control over stressors and enhancers of the urban environment. A comparative case study analysis, consisting of two international case studies, respectively in a developed and developing country, and one local case study, serve as foundation on which the recommendations of the study are based. The study concludes with recommendations, grouped into four categories: physical, economic, social and environmental, to encompass the results of a series of programmes for action and strategies for change.