Connection modelling as a mechanism for addressing social inequality in Durban's peri-urban built environment : a proposed public transport hub.
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2013
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Abstract
South Africa boasts such intrinsic beauty in its social and physical
geography and at the heart of this beauty lie its people. For each
culture that has fought for their beliefs and systems, wars have been
fought and lives have been lost. One thing which remains constant
however is the belief that we the people can work together to live in
peace and harmony and leave a better place to those who come after.
Apartheid South Africa was divisive in many ways and its results
have left many wounds on the country’s architectural geography.
Social inequality is manifest in the tapestry of everyday life and the
Peri-Urban scars of our past have become vivid thresholds of crosscultural
debate. The Apartheid planning model of disconnection
through race and class has seen a massive effort to refocus on
Durban’s urban core, whereas the rich tapestry of the Peri-Urban
townships is often neglected.
In order to reconnect the outer city geographies back into the urban
whole an investigation into the theory of connection between people
and their physical environment needs to be undertaken. This
dissertation looks at how the theory of connection might enable a
unified Durban and rehabilitate the tenderness of past planning
processes.
Public Transport is one such mechanism which can connect
communities, no matter the distance nor socio-economic status and it
is within this context that the dissertation offers new insight into the
critical and exciting reconnection process.
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M. Arch. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2013.
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Transportation--KwaZulu-Natal--Durban., Equality--KwaZulu-Natal--Durban., City planning--KwaZulu-Natal--Durban., Theses--Architecture.