Strategy and prioritised urban structuring elements
The Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF, 2016) identifies spatial planning as the first lever to effect policy change as the basis for achieving integrated urban development which follows a specific sequence of policy actions, the first two of which are, integrated transport that informs targeted investments into integrated human settlements underpinned inter alia by economic diversification and inclusion.
The Urban Network Plan, derived from the MSDF, forms the basis for a transit-oriented spatial targeting approach that prioritises urban structuring elements in the metropolitan network as levers for spatial transformation. Its focus is to optimise access to social and economic opportunities for all and especially the poor. The urban network should be underpinned by robust integrated human settlements and public transport network planning – working towards a more efficient, connected urban environment that creates an enabling environment for economic growth and development. This is premised upon optimising hierarchical planning and investment coherence across the various planning scales i.e. from the pedestrian level through all the different scales, up to the city-wide primary public transport linkages.
Flowing from the Urban Network Plan, the following spatial elements are targeted for investment in the urban network to ensure spatial transformation.
The Urban Network Plan, derived from the MSDF, forms the basis for a transit-oriented spatial targeting approach that prioritises urban structuring elements in the metropolitan network as levers for spatial transformation. Its focus is to optimise access to social and economic opportunities for all and especially the poor. The urban network should be underpinned by robust integrated human settlements and public transport network planning – working towards a more efficient, connected urban environment that creates an enabling environment for economic growth and development. This is premised upon optimising hierarchical planning and investment coherence across the various planning scales i.e. from the pedestrian level through all the different scales, up to the city-wide primary public transport linkages.
Flowing from the Urban Network Plan, the following spatial elements are targeted for investment in the urban network to ensure spatial transformation.
Figure: The urban network
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