Cape Town : densification as a cure for a segregated city /

Cape Town suffers from extensive urban sprawl, due to the legacy of the Apartheid spatial policy and the middle class ideal of single-family homes on individual plots of land. This sprawl is causing huge economical, environmental and social problems. Can we envisage a more compact and dense Cape Tow...

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Main Authors:	Provoost, Michelle (Author, Editor), Pieterse, E. A. (Edgar A.) (Author), Fataar, Rashiq (Author)
Corporate Author:	International New Town Institute (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Rotterdam : nai010 Publishers, [2015]
Subjects:	Urbanization > South Africa > History > 21st century. City planning > South Africa > History > 21st century. Architecture > South Africa > History. Cape Town (South Africa)

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Summary:	Cape Town suffers from extensive urban sprawl, due to the legacy of the Apartheid spatial policy and the middle class ideal of single-family homes on individual plots of land. This sprawl is causing huge economical, environmental and social problems. Can we envisage a more compact and dense Cape Town, curing the many engrained patterns of unequal and unjust spatial divisions?
Physical Description:	156 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9789462082274 9462082278