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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dc.contributor.authorBham, Aadill
dc.contributor.supervisorVan Der Westhuizan, Diaan
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-20T11:10:39Z
dc.date.available2017-04-20T11:10:39Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionA 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.
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianEM2017en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.format.extentOnline resource (156 pages)
dc.identifier.citationBham, 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
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/22416
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights©2016 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolSchool of Architecture and Planning
dc.subject.lcshCity planning--South Africa--Daveyton
dc.subject.lcshPublic spaces--South Africa--Daveyton
dc.titleUrbanism 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]en_ZA
dc.typeDissertationen_ZA
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