Our Future Cities director, Rashiq Fataar participates in first ever Future Cities Canada Summit
In November 2018, our director Rashiq Fataar travelled to Toronto to participate in the inaugural Future Cities Canada Summit.
Posts Tagged 'policy'
FUTURE CAPE TOWN | Q&A with Infecting the City curator, Jay Pather
Rashiq Fataar has a chat with the Infecting The City curator, Jay Pather about this year’s event and the lessons thus far.
8 ways to improve Cape Town’s cycling strategy
Future Cape Town in February 2017 released its official position statement on the Draft Cycling Strategy by the City of Cape Town as part of the public participation process which ended on 21 February 2017.
Cape Town plans for the future of cycling in the city : Read & comment on the Draft Cycling Strategy
The City of Cape Town has compiled a Draft Cycling Strategy for public comment.
Cities as the cure to disease and poverty
Can a city be an inherently more healthy place?
Health, by the World Health Organisation definition, is “not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”, but “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being”. Although often criticised, this definition is useful to broaden our perspectives and thinking on health – and urban planning.
Mobility is key to every aspect of our lives, so why is it halted?
Some things will happen, no matter what procedural process or policies they are required to go through. So why then, has the MyCiTi bus system once again fallen victim to postponements, which is prohibiting competition, stifling economic progress and denying the right to decent transport.
In future, Cape Town must go up, but do so wisely
Future Cape Town welcomes the draft Tall Buildings Policy as put forward by the City of Cape Town, which aims to “provide guidance during the early phases of the design and planning process for tall buildings in Cape Town”.
Tall Buildings Week: A city undeserving of the World Design Capital title?
Tall Buildings Week consists a series of articles and blog posts focussed on the draft Tall Buildings Policy put forward
Tall Buildings Week: The impact of Cape Town’s status quo on our future
Part 2: What could happen if we changed the status-quo? Tall Buildings Week consists a series of articles and blog
Tall Buildings Week: The impact of Cape Town’s status quo on our future
by Andres de Wet Part 1: The impact of the status-quo on Cape Town The Status Quo in Cape Town