Urbanism and sustainability in Daveyton: designing for the township main street :[an exploration of spatial transformation in previously marginalised townships, with a focus on the main street]
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2016
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Bham, Aadill
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Abstract
In township environments where pedestrian activity occurs out of necessity; and public transport prevails - the main street becomes a magnet for mobility, social encounters and economic exchange. It is the path that connects the settlement to the whole; it disperses and draws in; it collects and connects. It is the image of the township. Streets play an important role within townships as the primary form of public urban space. It is within these spaces that the residents make their own opportunities for a better quality of life. (Jacobs, 1993) explained that by designing the streets, one has largely designed the city.
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A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Urban Design, to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2016.
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Bham, Aadill. (2016). Urbanism and sustainability in Daveyton: designing for the township Main street : [an exploration of spatial transformation in previously marginalised townships, with a focus on the main street]. [Master's dissertation, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22416