New developments at Cape Town’s R14 billion ‘green’ village
Blue Rock Village, located in Somerset West, is experiencing a R14 Billion upgrade by property development and management company Swisatec.
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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.
How affordable housing can be delivered by the private sector : A case study in Parow, Cape Town
How can we get the private sector to develop affordable housing? This was the central question of Kate Hogarth’s masters thesis in City and Regional Planning.
Creating rules for great cities : Will UN Habitat III bind cities to take action | FUTURE CAPE TOWN
Habitat III will introduce a document called the New Urban Agenda that’ll effectively guide the future of urbanisation policy for all UN member states. Cris Robertson explores this agenda revealing that although its content bay be groundbreaking, it is not legally binding. Begging one to question how much action will governments take if there are no consequences if they don’t.
WATCH: Extreme Urbanism III- Planning for Conservation: Looking at Agra | FUTURE CAPE TOWN
Harvard GSD Options Studio students explore planning for conservation in Agra and explore how to sustainably integrate tourism, local communities and cultural heritage.
New Cape Town transit plan unveiled
The city council’s mayoral committee has adopted a new, long-term spatial and transport plan aimed at making the city more compact, denser and concentrated around efficient and affordable public transport.
FUTURE CAPE TOWN | Top 20 articles of 2015
This week, Future Cape Town presents its 20 most popular articles of the year 2015. The countdown will continue all week, and #1 will be presented on Thursday.
FUTURE CAPE TOWN | South Africa 2035 Learning from the Future
Find out what ideas two sustainable economy experts have about the future South Africa of 2015 in an informative video.
FUTURE CAPE TOWN | From Accra to Cape Town: A conversation with urbanist Victoria Okoye
Rashiq Fataar speaks with Victoria Okoye, the creator of African Urbanism, on the themes that connect her home city Accra and Cape Town.
Our mobile-era cities: Ecuador to introduce its very own digital currency
In December 2014, Ecuador will introduce its very own digital currency. Backed 100% by government and regulated by the central bank, this digital currency – which is yet to be named – will be the first centralized national currency in the world to function digitally, and be accessed using a mobile device.