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Assessing the physical characteristics of medium density mixed housing in South Africa

Author: Landman, K ; Matsebe, G ; Mmonwa, M Date: 2009 The new housing plan in South Africa promotes the development of medium density and mixed housing developments. The nature and organisation of the physical characteristics of this type of housing has been identified as one of the key factors ... Read more
Crime and public transport: designing a safer journey

Author: Kruger, Daniel M ; Landman, K Date: Jul 2007 This paper addresses issues related to transport and security with a particular focus on the role that the physical environment plays in increasing or reducing opportunities for crime. The focus is on crime problems on public transport and ... Read more
Designing safer living environments support for local government

Author: Landman, K ; Liebermann, S Date: Jun 1999 This paper addresses the built environment, the opportunities it presents for crime and the role city planners and urban designers have to play in the design of safer cities and towns. City planners and urban designers can play a role in the ... Read more
Divergent and similar experiences of ‘gating’ in South Africa : Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town

Author: Lemanski, C ; Landman, K ; Durrington, M Date: Jun 2008 The last 20 years has witnessed an explosion not only in the growth of private residential territories throughout the world, but also in the literature addressing them. The majority of research is centred on experiences in the United States ... Read more
Gated communities and urban sustainability: taking a closer look at the future

Author: Landman, K Date: Aug 2000 In many instances the urban future is shaped by specific and powerful ideas. “Gated communities” is one such an idea, which has the potential to radically transform the urban environment in the 21st century. As a strong and influential urban ... Read more
Integral urban project and safety. Building barriers or bridges?

Author: Landman, K Date: Mar 2006 Planning and design measures can be utilised successfully to enhance feelings of safety in areas where people feel vulnerable. The study of the relationship between crime and the physical environment has resulted in various theoretical ... Read more
Neighbourhoods of Peace; cities of hostility: exploring the socio-spatial dimentions of peace and place in the 21st Century and its implications for future cities

Author: Landman, K Date: Aug 2006 This paper is concerned with the relationship between peace and place. It explores how the physical space facilitates or negates the establishment of peace through the manifestation of a specific function and form, as well as its meaning for ... Read more
Planning against crime: preventing crime with people not barriers

Author: Landman, K ; Liebermann, S Date: Mar 2005 In SA Crime Quarterly No 8 2004, the argument was made for better use of bylaws by city governments in an effort to prevent crime. Another equally effective tool available to municipalities lies in the area of urban planning. Crime is closely ... Read more
Privatising public space in post-apartheid South African cities through neighbourhood enclosures

Author: Landman, K Date: Nov 2006 In the past five years the numbers of enclosed neighbourhoods have significantly increased in South Africa. These are existing neighbourhoods that are closed off through gates and booms across the roads. Many of these neighbourhoods are fenced ... Read more
Revitalising the public open spaces in the CDB of Pietermaritzburg to immortalize a great place

Author: Ndaba, DN ; Landman, K Date: Oct 2014 Pietermaritzburg has the potential to be a great city. It has been the capital city of three governments and is currently the capital city of KwaZulu-Natal. Its prime location has been partially responsible for this because it is a commercial, ... Read more
Serious about safety

Author: Landman, K Date: Apr 1999 This paper addresses the built environment, the opportunities it presents for crime and the role city planners and urban designers have to play in the design of safer cities and towns. City planners and urban designers can play a role in the ... Read more
Socio-spatial transformation in Africa: a framework to map the process and guide the planning of future cities

Author: Landman, K Date: Mar 2006 Africa cities are continuously changing. Increased urbanisation, poverty, unemployment, effective service delivery and scarce natural resources are some of the challenges African cities are facing. And while people have to come to terms with ... Read more
Storm that rocks the boat: the systemic impact of gated communities on urban sustainability

Author: Landman, K Date: 2007 This paper is concerned with the impact and implications of gated communities on urban sustainability. This is investigated making use of an overarching methodological framework based on the internationally accepted Driver-Pressure-State-Im ... Read more
Sustainability analysis of human settelements in South Africa

Author: Du Plessis, C ; Landman, K Date: Jul 2002 The report is divided into four parts which consist of seven chapters. Within human settlement context the report’s understanding of sustainable development is one of an integrative and holistic process of maintaining a dynamic balance between ... Read more
Urban future: enclosed neighbourhoods

Author: Landman, K Date: Jul 2000 In many neighbourhoods in South Africa, especially Johannesburg, residents have acted in an apparent attempt to prevent crime in their areas. In several instances this results in enclosed neighbourhoods with controlled access. These people ... Read more

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