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Urban Settlement Issues

• recent urbanisation patterns in South Africa; • urban issues related to rapid urbanisation: lack of planning, housing shortage, overcrowding, traffic congestion and problems with service provision; • the growth of informal settlements and associated issues: case studies from the world and South Africa; and • case studies that show how selected urban areas in… Read More »

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Urban Hierarchies

• the concepts of urban hierarchy, central place, threshold population, sphere of influence and range of goods; • lower and higher order functions and services; and • lower and higher order centres. Urban Structure and Patterns [4 hours] • internal structure and patterns of urban settlements: land use zones; concept of urban profile; and factors… Read More »

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Rural Settlements

• how site and situation affect the location of rural settlements; • classification of rural settlements according to pattern and function; • reasons for different shapes of settlements: round, linear, T-shaped and cross-road; and • land use in rural settlements.

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Study of Settlements

• concept of settlement; • site and situation; • rural and urban settlements; and • settlement classification according to size, complexity, pattern and function.

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