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READ: Incrementalism in settlement upgrading
Spaces, The Makers informality, infrastructure, slum upgrading, READ Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces, The Makers informality, infrastructure, slum upgrading, READ Walter Fieuw Comment
READ: Incrementalism in settlement upgrading
Spaces, The Makers informality, infrastructure, slum upgrading, READ Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces, The Makers informality, infrastructure, slum upgrading, READ Walter Fieuw Comment

In this second instalment of the #READ series, we profile the architectural work of Enrico Bosia who examined how residents incrementally improve their dwellings with a focus on streets and public spaces. 

Spaces, The Makers informality, infrastructure, slum upgrading, READ Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces, The Makers informality, infrastructure, slum upgrading, READ Walter Fieuw Comment
READ: Voortrekker Road Corridor: Planning and Real Estate Development
Spaces, Planning, Environment READ, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor, resources, Research, spatial planning, Transport, corridor strategy Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces, Planning, Environment READ, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor, resources, Research, spatial planning, Transport, corridor strategy Walter Fieuw Comment
READ: Voortrekker Road Corridor: Planning and Real Estate Development
Spaces, Planning, Environment READ, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor, resources, Research, spatial planning, Transport, corridor strategy Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces, Planning, Environment READ, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor, resources, Research, spatial planning, Transport, corridor strategy Walter Fieuw Comment

In the first of the #READ series, I profile my MSc dissertation research on Voortrekker Road Corridor. Opportunities to intensify urban growth along the road-rail transport corridor of Voortrekker Road have been identified since at least 1960. However, property investment trends have conversely tended to sprawl. To what extent will the new focus on densification change the city for the better?

Spaces, Planning, Environment READ, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor, resources, Research, spatial planning, Transport, corridor strategy Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces, Planning, Environment READ, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor, resources, Research, spatial planning, Transport, corridor strategy Walter Fieuw Comment
Consensus reached on New Urban Agenda
The Makers political, policy, SDGs Walter Fieuw Comment
The Makers political, policy, SDGs Walter Fieuw Comment
Consensus reached on New Urban Agenda
The Makers political, policy, SDGs Walter Fieuw Comment
The Makers political, policy, SDGs Walter Fieuw Comment

In years to come, 10 September 2016 might be thought of as a significant date in the development of urban and housing policy for many countries. It marks the date UN delegates reached consensus on the draft New Urban Agenda, which in all likelihood will be adopted at the United Nations’ Habitat 3 Conference held in Quito, Ecuador in October.

The Makers political, policy, SDGs Walter Fieuw Comment
The Makers political, policy, SDGs Walter Fieuw Comment
Making town to township links: Cape Town's Metro South East Corridor
Spaces, The Makers corridor strategy, UNS, National Treasury, spatial planning Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces, The Makers corridor strategy, UNS, National Treasury, spatial planning Walter Fieuw Comment
Making town to township links: Cape Town's Metro South East Corridor
Spaces, The Makers corridor strategy, UNS, National Treasury, spatial planning Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces, The Makers corridor strategy, UNS, National Treasury, spatial planning Walter Fieuw Comment

South African cities can no longer afford isolated and disengaged interventions. How will the investments in the Metro South East build a greater town to township link and improve city life for millions in Cape Town?

Spaces, The Makers corridor strategy, UNS, National Treasury, spatial planning Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces, The Makers corridor strategy, UNS, National Treasury, spatial planning Walter Fieuw Comment
Voortrekker Road Corridor holds the key for Cape Town’s future growth
Spaces Transport, infrastructure, spatial planning, corridor strategy, National Treasury, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces Transport, infrastructure, spatial planning, corridor strategy, National Treasury, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor Walter Fieuw Comment
Voortrekker Road Corridor holds the key for Cape Town’s future growth
Spaces Transport, infrastructure, spatial planning, corridor strategy, National Treasury, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces Transport, infrastructure, spatial planning, corridor strategy, National Treasury, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor Walter Fieuw Comment

Voortrekker Road has the potential to significantly change the spatial form of Cape Town. It has all the right ingredients: a well functioning public transport network, higher order social facilities, and lots of open space to build new housing projects.

Spaces Transport, infrastructure, spatial planning, corridor strategy, National Treasury, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor Walter Fieuw Comment
Spaces Transport, infrastructure, spatial planning, corridor strategy, National Treasury, UNS, Voortrekker Road Corridor Walter Fieuw Comment

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